Shahram Izadi, researcher at Microsoft Research Cambridge, will give a talk on "Hands-on Computing" next Thursday 29th May, at 16.30 in the França Auditori.

Abstract: The mouse is celebrating its 40th birthday this year. This little device has achieved so much in a short lifetime. Indeed it’s mainly because of this device that we have the Graphical User Interface (GUI), comprising of Windows, Icons, Menus and Pointer (WIMP). The mouse and WIMP are an integral part of our daily interactions with computers, but what’s next? In this talk I will give examples of novel computing devices that we are building at Microsoft Research, which allow us to shift away from the traditional mouse and WIMP-based interactions. Like other researchers, we are interested in enabling more natural interactions with computers, replacing the mouse with our hands, and making the user interface “come to life” in more tangible ways. Our future interactions with computers are likely to become more hands-on, more playful, and more aligned with our real-world interactions.

Izadi's homepage at Microsoft Research