Chance Of A Touch Screen Cinema Display?
I know this is probably a long shot, but do any of you think we'll see a touch screen Cinema Display within the next year or two?
With Apple releasing the iPhone, a device with a 3.5 inch touch screen display, is it possible they might take that concept and technology even further and release a full size touch screen cinema display?
I would like to see such an item eventually replace the mouse for almost all simple commands, and I imagine it is only a matter of time, but such technology, I find, is usually drawn out for as long as possible to maximize profits.
But imagine the possibilities, and the level of desire such a device would garner over the rest of the computer monitor industry. It would be a new revolutionary device.....only available from Apple...albeit, probably at a substantial price point.
Want to open something from the dock? Just touch it. Want to scroll around a page? Just use your finger, multi-directional. They've already developed the software to work with the mighty mouse. That's just the basics of course. I imagine Apple, being the ultimate in creativity, could come up with some really amazing features.
It would also illeviate a lot of medical issues related to using a mouse.
Any thoughts?
With Apple releasing the iPhone, a device with a 3.5 inch touch screen display, is it possible they might take that concept and technology even further and release a full size touch screen cinema display?
I would like to see such an item eventually replace the mouse for almost all simple commands, and I imagine it is only a matter of time, but such technology, I find, is usually drawn out for as long as possible to maximize profits.
But imagine the possibilities, and the level of desire such a device would garner over the rest of the computer monitor industry. It would be a new revolutionary device.....only available from Apple...albeit, probably at a substantial price point.
Want to open something from the dock? Just touch it. Want to scroll around a page? Just use your finger, multi-directional. They've already developed the software to work with the mighty mouse. That's just the basics of course. I imagine Apple, being the ultimate in creativity, could come up with some really amazing features.
It would also illeviate a lot of medical issues related to using a mouse.
Any thoughts?
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Next five years? Definitely.
I imagine this will likely come at the same time as Apple starts ramping up for whatever will come after OS X.
Try it-- reach out and start touching things on whatever screen your using. If it's fair sized, chances are it's at least a couple of feet away from your torso. Just holding your arms extended like that for more than a few minutes is tiring-- you want to drop them down in front of you where your (surprise!) keyboard is.
I could see this working for a tablet sort of thing, where the working surface was flat in front of you, but I can't figure out how it would be ergonomically sensible for a traditional upright screen, much as I like the tech.
The main problem with such a scenario is that obliges you to extend your hands in front of you for extended periods of time, and that's not really all that comfortable a working environment.
Try it-- reach out and start touching things on whatever screen your using. If it's fair sized, chances are it's at least a couple of feet away from your torso. Just holding your arms extended like that for more than a few minutes is tiring-- you want to drop them down in front of you where your (surprise!) keyboard is.
I could see this working for a tablet sort of thing, where the working surface was flat in front of you, but I can't figure out how it would be ergonomically sensible for a traditional upright screen, much as I like the tech.
I don't know, think of it as a display/tablet, approximately at sitting waist high (or slightly higher) level affixed to your normal work table, and inclined at perhaps a 20 degree angle from the horizontal. Again we've become accustomed to displays oriented vertically and seperated from the data entry devices (and ergonomically those data entry devices might be a better place for our hands and eyes).
The main problem with such a scenario is that obliges you to extend your hands in front of you for extended periods of time, and that's not really all that comfortable a working environment.
Try it-- reach out and start touching things on whatever screen your using. If it's fair sized, chances are it's at least a couple of feet away from your torso. Just holding your arms extended like that for more than a few minutes is tiring-- you want to drop them down in front of you where your (surprise!) keyboard is.
I could see this working for a tablet sort of thing, where the working surface was flat in front of you, but I can't figure out how it would be ergonomically sensible for a traditional upright screen, much as I like the tech.
Voice activated is as likely. I know, of course, what a mess Voice Recognition has always been, but it has the advantage of not requiring physical contact. Of course, for Tibetan monks living alone it is ideal; cubical life does not welcome "typing letters" or filling out spreadsheets aurally.
But with the stuff in the new iPhone, something has to be better than going on with what we have.
bad idea
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no not likely
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Well, that certainly was a reasoned argument. Perhaps you could elaborate. I speak as someone for whom QWERTY keyboards have been my life since I was 6, so I am hardly against that form of input, BUT, if we are looking for something new, what might we expect.
After all, the stylus and the clay tablet, damp, was enough for the Sumerians, and they invented law, kept records, and gave us <i>Gilgamesh,</i> so that is probably all we need, right?
Well, that certainly was a reasoned argument. Perhaps you could elaborate.
To defend sthiede's brief post, the idea of a touch screen Cinema Display is so farfetched, it doesn't need a very elaborate rebuttal.
Touch screens have their purposes. They work pretty well at airport check-in kiosks for instance where it would be impractical to have a mouse. I think it's silly to consider reaching out to touch the screen on your own desk, when you're already going to have a keyboard and mouse much closer.
HOWEVER,
I think we're forgetting about some of Apple's other patents and being a bit short-sighted. What if Apple releases a multi-touch keyboard with mechanical overlay so that it can be used as a traditional keyboard with tactile feedback, but takes only a moment to pull away the keyboard overlay and reveal a 18" x 10" multi-touch screen. Drawing tablet? manipulating photos? There are a million instances where the idea of directly manipulating the onscreen content is desireable.
I think there are some valid points made in objection to a MULTI-touch-screen as a primary input device, though I do think it could work in a desktop 20 degree incline setup as noted.
HOWEVER,
I think we're forgetting about some of Apple's other patents and being a bit short-sighted. What if Apple releases a multi-touch keyboard with mechanical overlay so that it can be used as a traditional keyboard with tactile feedback, but takes only a moment to pull away the keyboard overlay and reveal a 18" x 10" multi-touch screen. Drawing tablet? manipulating photos? There are a million instances where the idea of directly manipulating the onscreen content is desireable.
That seems a little bit complicated and a lot a bit far fetched.
In my opinion, if touch screens ever become part of the computer UI, it will not be instead of the keyboard or mouse but rather a secondary input method.
In any case, it doesn't sound like an Apple machine. If they cared about the kind of creative people who would benefit from a device like this, they would have made a tablet a long time ago.
Some sort of interface that connects with the main computer to do lot's of stuff.
-regular keyboard use with customizable key pictures/logo's
-browsing
-mail
-ical
-chat programs
-widgets
-infra-red port for remote controlling dvd players & so (with learn function)
Well, let's just pop a infrared on the iphone then.
I guess there's not much market for such a keyboard, would be cool though...
I don't know if a touchscreen cinema display would be a hit, if yes then certainly not vertical.
It should be horizotal like on a table and slightly tilted. They could call it iTable or iLap.
It should be something groundbreakingly smart to catch on. We're all used to using a keyboard and a horizontal screen + we like to keep the screen from laptops safely away from objects when putting them in a bag.
We'll see... ;-)
I love the idea of scrolling with your finger as is present on the iPhone. I could see iPods possibly going in that direction. For a mobile device it makes sense. I now see it doesn't make much sense for a desktop screen. Thanks for the input.
For you nay-sayers.. watch this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJKDBfdwabk
Imagine the possible applications that kind of technology has. Worst-case scenario, you stand the display up-right, and use an external mouse / keyboard.
- Xidius
http://fastcompany.com/video/general...tivepixel.html
- Xidius