Back when I was working for a research faculty member at CMU, I created a prototype application in Macromedia Director for viewing aircraft maintenance manuals. I know, that sounds boring. Here's the cool part:
The software ran on a wearable computer with a head-worn display. The input device was a wheel. It worked something like an iPod wheel, except it was a big, physical knob you wore on your chest and gripped with your hand. Of course, this was long before the iPod made that type of input commonplace. We took it out and tested it with Air Force techs. It was a lot of fun because, for one, the UI was a challenge—there was nothing else like it (that I know of). Secondly, the combination of unique software and unique hardware forming something very useful and useable was pretty nifty. Jack Jack L. Moffett Interaction Designer inmedius 412.459.0310 x219 http://www.inmedius.com I am in search of the simple elegant seductive maybe even obvious IDEA. With this in my pocket I cannot fail. - Tibor Kalman ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
