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User Experience Of The Future

Over decades we’ve used to adapt our habits, behavior and mindset to technology. We’ve improved our productivity by using tools and devices designed especially for the tasks we have to deal with regularly. But we’ve also constrained our abilities to the features of the very tools and devices we’ve become dependant on.


Good news: it can be different. Below we present some of the outstanding recent developments in the field of user experience design. Most techniques may seem very futuristic, but they are reality. And in fact, they are extremely impressive. Keep in mind: they can become ubiquitous over the next years.


Future For Gamers: Cheoptics360™


Cheoptics

reactable


reactable is a collaborative electronic music instrument

reactable

Multi-Touch


Multi-Touch

Multi-Touch

Microsoft Surface


an interactive tabletop which allows a user, or multiple users, to manipulate digital content

Multi-Touch

Multi-Touch

Photosynth


Using photos of oft-snapped subjects (like Notre Dame) scraped from around the Web,

Photosynth