In Chapter 1 of Natural User Interfaces in .NET, Josh Blake asks and answers a question posed by many people who have been under the spell of keyboard input and GUI/ WIMP interaction:
Why bother switching from GUI to NUI? The answer? Read Chapter 1 (pdf) of the book - the chapter is free.
Here are a few of my personal reasons:
1. I want to buy the next version of the iPad or something like it.
2. I want to buy a new large-screen Internet HD TV.
Moms and dads with kids in tow.
People with special needs and/or health concerns, and the people who care and guide them.
Knowledge sharers and (life-long) learners....
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Why bother switching from GUI to NUI? The answer? Read Chapter 1 (pdf) of the book - the chapter is free.
Here are a few of my personal reasons:
1. I want to buy the next version of the iPad or something like it.
2. I want to buy a new large-screen Internet HD TV.
3. I want to buy a Kinect.
4. I do NOT want to interact with my new TV with a Sony remote. Too many tiny buttons!
5. I do NOT want to interact with my new TV with a keyboard, because it reminds me of...work.
6. Most importantly:
I want to design apps for the people I care about, and others with similar needs:
My mom. 
My grandson.
People with special needs and/or health concerns, and the people who care and guide them.
Knowledge sharers and (life-long) learners....
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"Smart" Interactive Display Research
View more presentations from Marco Silva
My YouTube Playlist:
"Natural user interfaces, gesture interaction, multi-touch, natural interaction, post WIMP examples and more... "
Interactive Multimedia Technology Post:
Interactive Touch-Screen Technology, Participatory Design, and "Getting It": Revisited
Interactive Touch-Screen Technology, Participatory Design, and "Getting It": Revisited
RELATED - and somewhat related
Encyclopedia: Human Computer Interaction, Interaction Design, User Experience, Information Architecture, Usability and More (Interaction-Design.org)
"Blake.NUI is a collection of helpful controls, utilities, and samples useful for multi-touch and NUI development with WPF, Surface, and Silverlight."
OpenKinect Community Founder Joshua Blake Comes Up With His Own Version of Win 7 Multitouch on Kinect (Madhav K, KinectHacks 1/14/11)
Kinect SDK Could Open New Worlds for Motion-Controlled Interfaces (Mike Martin, TechNews World, 2/22/11)
(This is not an inclusive list.)
GUI to NUI Post-WIMP Manifesto: TBA
GUI to NUI Post-WIMP Manifesto: TBA
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