edoc wrote:
>
> Anyone aware of a Linux-based Avatar-interface?
>
> I was just watching the TV show Andromeda (the particular one was a bit
> melodramatic) but it raised an interesting point -- humans react more
> completely with human-like interfaces than non-human.
>
> Perhaps a key element of the future of user computing is via avatar-based
> interfaces. Such may open more doors of opportunity?
>
> Your thoughts?
There was a reasonably well-written article on www.kuro5hin.org a few
weeks ago about gesture-based interfaces. It's exactly the same, but
dealt with the same issue of making a more "human-oriented" user
interface for the computer.
If anyone's played Black & White (one of the two reasons I still have
Windows on a box at home for games, the other being Diablo II) you can
quickly begin to see how a gesture-based interface can become intuitive
and easy to use.
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