Goodbye computer mouse, keyboard and monitor.
Say hello to a new, simpler era of human-computer interaction -- this time, with no clunky hardware standing between you and digital information.
In this new world, there are options aplenty.
Instead of sliding a mouse across your desk, you could just point at whatever you'd like to select. Instead of pecking away at a keyboard, you could just say what you're thinking. And instead of glaring at a big screen all day, why not just project that information on the surface of your contact lenses?
None of this is science fiction. These ideas are here today, some of them in research labs and others already on store shelves.Video: No joystick required for Kinect
And, thanks to a remote-control-free video gaming system called Kinect, these futuristic concepts for computer-human communication are about to get a lot more popular, technology researchers said in interviews this week.
Microsoft's Kinect, which hits stores November 4, lets players control games by moving their bodies. To make a digital soccer player kick, you just swing your leg.
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