Touchscreen Take Two

Some time ago, I blogged about a touchscreen interface that had been developed by Jeff Han. Now there’s an article about him and the interface, together with a very impressive video.

 

A direct link to the video is here (sorry, I can’t directly embed it into this post, and you’ll have to watch an advertisement first).

 

However, as I said in my original post, the mode shifts in the interaction are minimised, and the gestures are emphasised so as to be the whole story. It’s not. We are clearly watching a master manipulate his instrument. How intuitive that will be, without some meta interface rules that span multiple applications, remains, for me, an open question. It looks good though, but then, so does a concert pianist playing a Beethoven piano concerto. Doesn’t mean to say that anyone can do it.