The ethics of a vocal edit
At the recent Adobe Max conference, there was a piece of tech presented in the Sneak Peeks section called Project Voco – essentially, Photoshop for voice. Now, we’ve been able to edit images, replace people, remove people, add objects and…
Sci-fi books on AR & VR
3 books I recently took on holiday with me had a focus on augmented and virtual reality. Apart from the times I’d discovered a new writer and spent months reading their back catalogue, this was the first time that I’d…
It’s not science fiction: human-computer interaction in 2016
A recording from a talk I gave with Mike T at Dev Week 2016, rather enjoyed this one. Abstract As technologists we are pretty bad at coming up with new ideas. Instead we often look to literature and films for…
Digital Patina – showing signs of wear / use on a digital interface
Following on from my previous post on digital patina, I wondered if there’s another way to look at this. This isn’t something I’ve seen, I’m not sure if I want to see it and it could go against the very…
It’s all about Context – Speaking to computers
Context. The first in a series of experiments into how we as humans can naturally and realistically interact with the digital world. Mike and I have talked through various aspects of human-computer interaction over the last few years, never with…
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…
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…