Microsoft uses TechFest to tout new user interfaces
C|Net | at | by Mike
Although it is not open to the press this year, Microsoft is using this week's TechFest internal science fair as an occasion to talk about some of the work it is doing to find new ways of connecting with computers.
Some products have already come to market, such as the multitouch features of Windows 7, while others are close, such as the Project Natal Xbox add-on. But Microsoft sees those as just the beginning of a world in which the way that we interact with computers is fundamentally altered.
"The transition to a natural user interface will change everything from the way students write term papers and play computer games to how scientists study global population growth and its impact on our natural resources," Microsoft's chief research and strategy officer, Craig Mundie, said in a statement.