The future of mobile UI: look and squeeze
Japanese NTT DoCoMo at CEATEC showed truly innovative user interaction interfaces for mobile devices - the i-beam tablet, which is controlled by the eye, and the Grip UI concept, which works with compression.
Eye-tracking technology utilizes near-infrared illumination and a special camera that monitors where the owner is looking. Navigation is carried out by moving your gaze, and for "pressing", respectively, you just need to hold your gaze.
The iron part of the Grip UI is the pressure-sensitive sides of the phone, which can distinguish up to 5 degrees of pressure. A smartphone can be programmed to perform certain actions and, thus, controlling with one hand can be a very convenient process - for example, the same “Back” button in Android can be hung up for compression.
There is a video from Engadget where both prototypes look quite functional:
Eye-tracking technology utilizes near-infrared illumination and a special camera that monitors where the owner is looking. Navigation is carried out by moving your gaze, and for "pressing", respectively, you just need to hold your gaze.
The iron part of the Grip UI is the pressure-sensitive sides of the phone, which can distinguish up to 5 degrees of pressure. A smartphone can be programmed to perform certain actions and, thus, controlling with one hand can be a very convenient process - for example, the same “Back” button in Android can be hung up for compression.
There is a video from Engadget where both prototypes look quite functional: