Handheld Gaming Platforms (2)

The virtual keyboard already exists, and it has been shown in action. You put straps over the palms of your hands. The keyboard then recognizes how you move your muscles and can subsequently identify which keys you would be using on a QWERTY keyboard. The clever part is that there is no keyboard—you are simply tapping away into thin air. This is a good solution for situations when you normally can’t use a traditional keyboard (for example, when you’re sitting on a bus). Similarly, there is a company that has developed tiny microchips, the size of a pinhead, that can be glued to your fingernails. Again, without using an actual keyboard, you can “type in the air” while the chips record your fingers’ movements and translate
these into typed letters.

Glasses that show a screen are also already available; they have been used on oil platforms when technicians are mending equipment in bad weather conditions. They have evolved from the 3-D glasses used in virtualreality environments. They do, however, need to become smaller and lighter than they are today.

Now, let’s combine the aforementioned virtual keyboard and glasses with a powerful PC that is attached to your belt. The PC will weigh only a few ounces and be the size of today’s cell phone.

This scenario might sound far off today. But try to imagine what would have happened if you had heard about the performance of today’s PDAs in 1997. You probably wouldn’t have believed a word!

Summary

As stated in the introduction to this chapter, our belief is that you will use many different devices to connect to the Internet. When we describe the different alternatives available today, you will probably find devices that will suite your usage model well. However, the quick evolution among devices requires that you update yourself about such devices before making any major purchase, thereby ensuring that you get the best available equipment.

Also remember that no device is better than the support it gives to the users, which means that there needs to be a thorough design of the usage models to ensure that you choose the appropriate equipment.

Taken From : Enterprise Guide to Gaining Business Value from Mobile Technologies

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