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New to touch
The document discusses touch technology, specifically focusing on multi-touch systems, their history, advantages, and limitations. It outlines how touch screens allow users to interact directly with devices, the evolution of this technology, and cases of its adoption by various companies. The future outlook suggests that touch technology will continue to grow and could potentially replace traditional input methods like keyboards and mice.
New to touch
- 1. New To Touch PRESENTEDBY: ARSALAN ZAFAR YASIR ALTAF ZAID HAMEED SHAFAQAT ALI
- 2. Outline • Touch technology •Multi-touch • Problems of traditional keypad • Advantages of multi-touch • Companies benefited using multi-touch technology • Business value of multi-touch • Limitations of touch technology • Case Study • Case study questions & answers
- 3. What is atouch screen? • A touch screen is an Input Device that allows user to operate a PC by Simply touching the screen. • The display screen has a Sensitive Glass placed on it and we could the desired Input by touching it. • A touch Screen is based on CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) Technology, that accepts direct on screen input
- 4. Brief History • 1965: Invented by E.A. Johnson for air traffic control • 1971 : Brought into public domain by Elographics, Inc. • 1983 : HP-150 (personal touch screen computer) by Hewlett- Packard • 1993 : Apple’s Newton and IBM’s Simon • 2002 : Microsoft’s Windows XP Tablet • 2007 : Apple’s iPhone (Multi-touch)
- 5. When is itApplicable? • Allows users to interact directly with what is being displayed • Can be used without any intermediate device • Found in modern smartphones, video games, navigation systems, etc. .
- 6. Multi-touch • Recognize thepresence of two or more points • Not new, Academic and commercial researchers have been working on multi-touch technology for years • Used inATMs, airport kiosks etc. • Used to Pinch Zoom and drag.
- 7. Why is Multi-toucheverywhere? • More versatile than single-touch interfaces • Allows to use one or more fingers to perform special gestures • Easier to remember than commands • Do not have to be learned • Display used as input device combine with GUI • Real-time interaction for users • Reduces buttons and menus ,making UI simpler • Improved flexibility of customization
- 8. What is ‘new’to the touch? • New in mobile market • Introduced into the market through Apple’s iPhone (2007) • Replaces traditional keypads
- 9. Problems with traditionalkeypads • Complex UI with lots of menus and buttons • Need to remember the commands • Display must be used for single purpose at a time • Doesn’t support free hand applications • Less flexible • Difficult to adopt for new users • Not user friendly for old users • Not suitable for autistics
- 10. Other companies adoptedmulti-touch • Microsoft • Dell • Google • HP
- 11. Windows Touch • Browseonline newspapers • flick through photo albums • shuffle files and folders using nothing but your fingers.
- 12. HP’s touch smart •Lets you use two fingers at once to manipulate images on the screen • Make on-screen gestures designating specific commands without using cursors or scroll bars • Casual computing (For example: Putting on music while preparing dinner)
- 13. Touch technology changeslife • Helps an autistic • An easy-to-use computer for students in early grades • Ease of use for older User • Helpful to people who can’t grasp a mouse
- 14. Expected Fields • Customersmight use touch to place orders with a retailer • Conduct virtual video service calls • Utilize social networking for business • Allows visitors to check out a virtual visitor’s Center • Video chats with remote workers through a built-in Webcam • Use microphone, access e-mail and the Internet, and manage contacts, calendar items, and photosWithout using keyboard and mouse. • In Cinemas, Gas and Fuel Stations, In Cars.
- 15. The revolution touchscreen brings • iPhone users in U.S. had grown at a rate of 159 percent in August 2009 compared to past year with 23.8 million users. • 58 percent of touchscreen mobile devices are expected to contribute to the worldwide mobile devices sales by 2013. Market size of touch screen mobile phone • 2010 : $4.58 billion • 2011 : $6.09 billion • 2012 : $9.65 billion Growth of touch screen mobile phone unit 2010 : 494 million units 2011 : 665 million units 2012 : 1.35 billion units
- 16. Limitations • not arealistic replacement for keyboard input • large display requirement • difficult to select small items • are not as accurate as traditional mouse and physical button-navigated applications • having a big bright screen and needing massive computing power to run this means a very low battery life • in direct sunlight it is much less effective and most of the time very difficult to read the screen • if a touchscreen devise were to crash the whole screen would be unresponsive, and because of the lack of buttons recovering it would be very difficult
- 17. Future of touchtechnology • It’s too early to know if the new multi-touch interface will ever be as popular as the mouse-driven graphical user interface • But till today it is showing the positive signs
- 18. Conclusion • As itis very friendly, fast, accurate, easy for the beginners and fun to operate. It has been widely accepted. • Today,This technology is been adopted by computer, mobile users of all abilities because it is innovative and simple. • In future there will be no use of mouse and keyboards as they will be replaced by touch screens for sure. • Designers are trying to use touch screen to simplify input commands.