Comments on: [Inter]face of things to come

By: rich

rich — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 00:54:05 +0000

There’s also XTreme Reality 3D, “a piece of software that works with your webcam to let you control applications and games with your hand in real space.”

There’s a movie on YouTube.

By: mark Raudonis

mark Raudonis — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 15:04:06 +0000

A few weeks ago here in Los Angeles the “Wired: Nextfest” took place. There you could see all kinds of future technologies today. Example: Google Earth, except it’s MARS! Very cool.

The the Microsoft Surface was on display and it was truly amazing. Here’s the most interesting part. Editing is usually a collaborative effort. With a large enough screen, and a simple enough interface, you can have two, three people all standing infront of the screen and moving things around. This screen was hugh (six feet wide) and there must have been at least a dozen little kids all making “art” simultaneously. Imagine, no more “couch” in the back of the room. Just an over caffinated producer/director at your side changing all your decisions as you go.

Don’t know if this is a step forward, but it CAN be the future.

Mark

By: Makea

Makea — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 19:02:06 +0000

I believe that the discontinued Discreet (Autodesk) edit was tablet based and featured the same contextual interface as it’s IFF siblings. Smoke also behaves the same.

By: Alex Gollner

Alex Gollner — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 18:45:23 +0000

I’ve started exploring this on my blog at http://alex4d.wordpress.com/2007/08/28/gestural-edits/ – how gestures can help us feel that we’re manipulating clips directly, and http://alex4d.wordpress.com/2007/08/29/not-quite-direct-manipulation/ – showing that we don’t have to have our arms waving across two widecreen monitors to edit using multitouch.

By: The Editblog » Thinking About Interface

The Editblog » Thinking About Interface — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 15:01:55 +0000

[...] a great post over at Capria.tv where Frank talks a bit about interface, current NLE interfaces and the shape of what might be the [...]

By: Steve Audette

Steve Audette — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 22:11:21 +0000

I agree that it is time to redefine the metaphor of editing. I long ago bought a mouse pad / Number pad from fingerworks and still use it on my laptop.
[http://www.fingerworks.com/]

I can see this type of technology working well with NLEs.

Maybe Avid will buy it up and make a MUI.

By: Robert Lawson

Robert Lawson — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 17:55:06 +0000

Who will implement this and how?
Will Avid integrate Wacom touchscreens? Will Apple sell us new Apple Touch Cinema Displays for use with FCP? Will Apple open up and integrate Wacom touchscreens?

Thanks, as always, for your perspective on our business. Always worth reading.