HCI Newsletter #2 – Interface of the future, more on NASA’s HoloLens, Identity and a book to read
Subscribe to Future HCI Tiny Letters http://tinyletter.com/spooner Delivered straight to your inbox. My creators want me to be the user interface of the future I saw this video [ https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=105&v=kOil2HSDq0E ] titled ‘Face of the future rears its head’ which…
Digital Patina
NB – cross posted from http://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/developers/articles/week04jun15/digital-patina/ Patina Patina for me, is a measure of authenticity, it’s visual or haptic feedback that a product has seen plenty of use over a period of time. It’s the wear in a car’s leather…
Music vs Architecture
If you have ears, and if you’re interested in the evolution of modern music, here’s some interesting videos that’ll get you thinking. Someone (@phishtitz) sent me this Vimeo over Twitter – it’s a singer performing the same song in 15…
HCI Tiny Letter #1 – Blowing up a HoloLens, seeing more, being human and automation
Subscribe to Future HCI Tiny Letters http://tinyletter.com/spooner HoloLens goes to Space. Almost Just 4 days after announcing a collaboration between NASA & Microsoft on further HoloLens projects there were 2 Holo units being sent on their way to the International…
Microsoft Future Vision films over the years
The latest film showing one vision of the future has been released by Microsoft. 2015 2011 2009
Integrating Cortana in your Windows Phone Application
Cortana is your personal digital assistant built into the heart of your Windows Phone and soon to come to the desktop with Windows 10 later this year. One of the useful features that make her stand out from voice control…
Kinect Window Wanderland
Window Wanderland? Initially, when I saw a flyer for Window Wanderland I didn’t intend for this to be a Kinect project at all. I was going to do a mechanical moving background of gently rising jellyfish silhouetted with seaweed floating…
Kinectathon London, March 2015
*** UPDATE *** We’re full but DO add your name to the waitlist – more places will become available. *** UPDATE *** Go REGISTER. My colleagues and I in the Microsoft UK Future of Human Computer Interaction team have been…