/learn/publications/b/blog/posts/the-superficial-human-machine-interface-windows-8For years I have been wanting a new type of interface for computers. The infamous scene in the film Minority Report showed a multi-touch multi-gesture interface that everyone wanted, and still desires.Years later, we have multitouch cell phones and ten-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/learn/publications/b/blog/posts/the-superficial-human-machine-interface-windows-8Thu, 09 Jun 2011 03:34:49 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:30a708a4-3cfd-48d3-9b66-cd81720ed0abFormer Member0<p>Bill Gates built an empire on just such an abstraction--<em>BASIC.</em> Windows 8 is the next step in an</p><p>odyssey that will lead us to a future UI envisioned in <em>Minority Report, </em>but not before a thousand</p><p>false starts and failures.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>But, I think you&#39;re right: We cannot know it all. Like in H.G. Wells&#39; <em>Time Machine</em>, we may one</p><p>day have the Eloi and the Morlocks.</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=12878&AppID=45&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">