OZCHI'98
Australian National Human Computer Interface Conference
Adelaide, Australia
November 30 - December 4, 1998
- Opening Keynote: George
Robertson
Computer hardware performance has improved at a
rapid rate for some time (Moore's
Law), and there is reason to believe this trend will continue for some time to
come. Current computer performance enables significant change in the user
interface, yet the basic graphical user interface has not changed much since
its invention in the mid-1970s. Current interfaces often fail to take advantage
of what we know about human cognitive, perceptual, motor, and language
capabilities. Future user interfaces will eliminate this impedance mismatch,
and leverage natural human capabilities to simplify complex information
management tasks. Examples from Information Perceptualization, 3D User
Interfaces, Multimodal Input, and Conversational Interfaces suggest how we
might begin to leverage these human capabilities to enrich the user experience
in the 21st century.
This page updated 16 December, 1998 / George
Robertson