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Wii -- the Future of Windows?
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates has lately been hammering the point that the mouse and keyboard are on their way out as the mainstays of how we interact with computers.
Instead, he sees a mix of methods. Some you can see today. Like iPhone's touch screen. That's no doubt coming to laptops. Voice recognition and voice commands have long been predicted to augment the keyboard, and it's always remained a few years away. But these days it seems closer. A good indication: the software used by Tellme for voice-guided search on cell phones. Microsoft bought Tellme last year.
A lot of people in tech, including Gates, have mentioned the Nintendo Wii as the first mass-market product to use gestures as an interface. Microsoft's labs have been working on gesture interfaces for years. That, too, will eventually be on computers.
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