Interesting Ideas: AirType
I have a hard time shooting these concepts down because I actually do think this where the future of interface is going.
When the soft keyboard debuted with the iPhone in 2007, it was met with extreme skepticism. But over time we all got used to it. There’s an entire generation now that looks at a phone with a physical keyboard much like my generation would look at a 14.4k modem.
How long before our kids’ kids look at a any physical interface at all and laugh?
I’m just about to leap into my 40’s and I imagine the days of buttons are going to be replaced by our fingers dancing through the air long before I head to a nursing home.
Still, while I love the portability and the idea of concepts like AirType, I do wonder how long it would take for my keystroke accuracy to catch up to how fast I can type on a physical keyboard.
We shall see! Probably sooner than we think too! I look forward to finding out.