At this year’s Consumer Electronics Show, chipmaker Intel demoed its latest big idea: “perceptual computing.”
What is perceptual computing, exactly? At first glance, it looks like little more than a me-too version of Microsoft’s Kinect: clip a camera-like peripheral onto your Ultrabook, and presto, instant gestural interface!
But unlike Kinect, or competitors like Leap Motion (see “Leap 3-D Out-Kinects Kinect”), perceptual computing isn’t a specific product or platform. Instead, like “cloud computing,” it’s an open-ended vision for what computers should be able to do. With perceptual computing, Intel envisions a new kind of interface for devices that will let users switch fluently between keyboards, trackpads, touch screens, voice commands, and gestures—or use several modes of interaction at once.
To read the full, original article click on this link: A Review of Intel’s "Perceptual Computing” Technology Shows the Challenge of Merging Different Computer Interfaces. | MIT Technology Review
