User Interface:

"... mankind's unthinkably complex consensual hallucination, the
matrix, cyberspace, where the great corporate hotcores burned
like neon novas, data so dense you suffered sensory overload if
you tried to apprehend more than the merest outline." (Gibson,
1987)

A variety of man/computer interface initiatives are being
developed as alternatives to simple key board and pointing
devices.  Tablets are now available to translate handwriting into
ASCII files, and voice activated systems of limited vocabularies
have been recently introduced to serve the needs of visually
impaired users (NPR, 6/26/89).  Similarly, visually activated
systems that correlate eye or hand movements to graphic icons on
a display screen are being explored (Brand, 1988).  Other
developments in interface technologies are broadening the
capabilities for additional sensory interactions and simulations.
The full range of sensory experiences are being explored, and
future systems will enable a computer/user exchange of
information about heat, cold, wet, dry, smell, taste, rough,
smooth, and other sensory perceptions.

<ffile29>   Monitoring Technological Developments
<ffile39>   Interface Evolution
<ffile40>   IBM Interface Projects
<ffile68>   Electronic Memory Palace
<ffile88>   Man to Machine: Research