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Jaguar Land Rover and the University of Cambridge are working on new touchscreen technology that eliminates the need to touch the screen. Counterintuitive, right? It’s called “predictive touch” for now, in part because the system is able to predict what you might be aiming for on the screen.
The video on the most sensible part of this article is the most productive way to perceive how users will interact with the technology, however, let’s see more here. Just swipe out pointing at the item on the screen you need to choose. You will highlight the item and then choose it.
Here’s how it works, according to the University of Cambridge: “The technology uses machine intelligence to determine the item the user intends to select on the screen early in the pointing task, speeding up the interaction. It uses a gesture tracker, including vision-based or radio frequency-based sensors, which are increasingly common in consumer electronics; contextual information such as user profile, interface design, environmental conditions; and data available from other sensors, such as an eye-gaze tracker, to infer the user’s intent in real time.”
Cambridge says lab tests have shown 50% relief in driver effort and time in using the screen, which would theoretically result in more time looking at the road and less time to spend on the screen. If the predictive and learning generation of the device is smart enough, we can see that this would result in relief in the number of accidental inputs. However, on some level, it is almost harder to point at a screen as it moves than to touch a segment of that screen. Without employing generation and its so-called wonderful predictive capabilities, we cannot draw great conclusions.
One comparison you may already be thinking about is BMW gesture controls. It has already been approached with a sophisticated Cambridge dissent:
“Our generation has many more fundamental in-flight interaction techniques or traditional gesture recognition, as it supports intuitive interactions with legacy interface designs and requires no user learning,” said Dr. Bashar Ahmad of the University. Cambridge
Of course, this generation can be used for much more than controlling the vehicle’s touch screen. Cambridge says it can only be incorporated into ATMs, check-in kiosks at airports, grocery stores and more. In a world where we are all paranoid about touching things, contactless interactions seem ideal.
According to cambridge University press release, the software has achieved “high degrees of technological readiness.” Basically, if Jaguar Land Rover were to try to integrate it into cars soon, it could. Existing touch screens and interactive displays paint with technology, so it probably won’t be long before this hits the market.
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