This image is an example of the interface technology that we may one day be able to use. This image comes from the movie Minority Report. In the image, Tom Cruise is surveying several images on the screen and controlling them with two gloves. With these gloves, Tom moves the images as he sees fit. One day, we may be fortunate enough to be able to use similar technology.
This interface technology could become very useful in construction and medical related fields. The large screen allows a person to have a vast amount of images and information available at one time. And the ability to shift it and move it with their own two hands would make it very user friendly. I believe this technology is very close because of all the touch screen technology already available to us. All we have to do is find a way to incorporate the gloves and the computer to work together.
What most people cannot figure out is how the gloves and screen work together. The answer is the circle around Tom's feet. The circle, is the server and transmitter that interprets Tom's hand movements. If he were outside the circle the gloves would not be able to manipulate the information on the screen. The floor more than likely contains processing chips and software that we can only dream of at this point. However, with current advances in interface technology, I believe that this dream will be a soon reality.
