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Nooface - Home - About - FAQ - Discussions - Journals - Messages - Topics - Contact - Preferences - Older Stuff - Past Polls - Submit Story Resources - 3D User Interfaces - Archives		Touch Interfaces and Displays Take Off - Literally posted by Editor on Wednesday March 31, @05:21PM As mobile devices appear destined to become the dominant computing form factor, innovations in touch interfaces are heating up. Here are pointers to some recent developments related to new mechanics for interacting with and displaying data, as well as some commentary on the transition from PCs to mobile computing: MIT Technology Review describes a touch-feedback display from Immersion that gives touch screens the feel of a textured surface. ExtremeTech has this article about Skinput, which uses the natural acoustic variations that occur when you tap the skin on different spots of your body to create a virtual keyboard. Newscientist describes Flyfire, a 3D display made of flying pixels, in which a flock of tiny aircraft carrying multicoloured LEDs hover in front of the viewer to form an image. Arstechnica has a startling traffic share chart showing that Google Android has nearly caught up with the iPhone's share over the last several months, resulting from a number of Android-based devices that have been released on the market. Forbes is the next to declare the death of the PC, this time at the hands of desktop virtualization. <  Mainstream Media Declares Dominance of Mobile Computing | Does Steve Jobs See Flash as Obstacle in Apple's Frantic Dash to the Cloud?  >		Nooface Login Nickname: Password: [ Create a new account ] Related Links MIT Technology Review feel of a textured surface this article Skinput Newscientist Flyfire Arstechnica traffic share chart Google Android the death of the PC desktop virtualization More on Gesture Interfaces Also by Editor
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