http://www.switched.com/2007/09/19/inventors-use-hand-gestures-to-kill-the-mouse-and-keyboard/ Switched Comments for Inventors Use Hand Gestures To Kill the Mouse (and Keyboard) http://www.switched.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.switched.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.switched.com/2007/09/19/inventors-use-hand-gestures-to-kill-the-mouse-and-keyboard/http://www.switched.com/2007/09/19/inventors-use-hand-gestures-to-kill-the-mouse-and-keyboard/Sep 19th 2007 7:01PMhttp://www.switched.com/2007/09/19/inventors-use-hand-gestures-to-kill-the-mouse-and-keyboard/http://www.switched.com/2007/09/19/inventors-use-hand-gestures-to-kill-the-mouse-and-keyboard/I am sure i have seen similar interfaces before!

A few i can remember are:
-'Jonny Mnemonic' (1995)
-A futuristic ad by atari (80' ?)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=wEt9ljWOifQ

And if we don't limit ourself to movies&Ads, we can see this type of interaction on SciFi literature.

So, I don't think that Spielberg inspired anyone here! Actually those scenes were tired concepts for some. Especially for those people who might one day make them an everyday reality!



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