In the last days Microsoft Research presented 3 new interesting technologies for human interaction: OmniTouch, PocketTouch and Holodesk.
Microsoft has been really fervent in these years researching about new forms of human computer interaction. If Kinect is already an innovation, adding a tiny projector to it can open to a wide set of new applications. OmniTouch let you use any surface like a touchscreen. You can imagine that something like inside a smartphone could really enhance the user experience driving to a new step forward in mobile applications.
What if the rear of a smartphone could be touch sensitive? PocketTouch allows just that. Integrating such technology in the cover of a smartphone will let the user interact with it under particular conditions. One of that could be to operate with simple touches while having your smartphone in the pocket.
Holodesk is a holographic interface that allows you to interact with a virtual three-dimensional world. Kinect recognizes faces and tracks bodies, the hologram creates three-dimensional images while you have the sensation of actually being touching and moving intangible objects.
