Computer mouse nearing extinction!
from Mumbai Mirror

London: It took the world by storm 40 years ago, but now, after four decades, the demise of the computer mouse is very near.

According to the Gartner analyst, Steve Prentice, the mouse will be dead in the next three to five years. And the powerful but old device will be taken over by gestural computer mechanisms like touch screens and facial recognition devices.

“The mouse works fine in the desktop environment but for home entertainment or working on a notebook, it’s over,” Prentice said.

He said that his prediction is driven by the efforts of consumer electronics firm which are making products with new interactive interfaces inspired by the world of gaming.

“You’ve got Panasonic showing forward facing video in the home entertainment environment. Instead of using a conventional remote control you hold up your hand and it recognises you have done that,” he said.

“It also recognises your face, and it will display on your TV screen your menu. You can then move your hand to select what you want.

“Sony and Canon and other video and photographic manufacturers are using face recognition that recognises your face in real time. And it recognises even when you smile.”

“You even have emotive systems where you can wear a headset and control a computer by simply thinking – and that’s a device set to hit the market in September,” he added.

“This” Prentice said, “is all about using computer power to do things smarter.”

 

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