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posted by janrinok on Saturday October 08 2016, @02:35PM   Printer-friendly
from the orly? dept.

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Microsoft's man in charge of predicting the future has forecast the slow death of the Qwerty keyboard — with facial tracking, voice and gesture recognition taking over. Dave Coplin, the technology giant's chief envisioning officer, said it was bizarre that 21st-century workers still relied on typing technology invented in the 19th century.  He added that while there have been huge leaps in technology, often the workplace had not caught up.

"We have these amazing computers that we essentially use like we're still Victorians. The Qwerty keyboard is a great example of an old design being brought forward to modern day. We've not really evolved. We still use this sub-optimal design.

"We're looking at technologies now like voice and gesture recognition, and facial tracking that may make the keyboard redundant," he added.

"We think that computers in the not-too-distant future will be able to understand all of those things and infer on my behalf my intent, meaning and objective that I'm trying to do."

Source: http://www.standard.co.uk/news/techandgadgets/microsoft-expert-who-predicts-future-technology-says-qwerty-keyboard-will-die-out-a3355726.html


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 09 2016, @03:25AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 09 2016, @03:25AM (#411904)

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