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I agree. Even with force feedback I don't think these interfaces will ever be as good as physical knobs, buttons, and sliders. "Good" in the sense that they can
by mkempe 9y ago
I agree. Even with force feedback I don't think these interfaces will ever be as good as physical knobs, buttons, and sliders. "Good" in the sense that they can be reached, perceived, and manipulated with our senses completely without eyesight. For instance I recently drove a Volvo V90 (every control on a large flat screen) and the climate control for seat heating was tiny and slow to update -- I had to take my eyes off the road to find it, aim at the specific setting I wanted, and wait to see whether the setting had changed as intended; by contrast in my current Volvo V60 there are physical buttons that I press (without aiming because I know exactly where each one is) and they instantly change the settings as desired.
- domevent 9y agoCould haptic feedback be “granular” enough to mimic specific shapes of knobs and switches?
- pasbesoin 9y agoIntroduce vibration. Physical controls give you a topology to orient to. A flat screen doesn't. Every control becomes an exercise in sustained hand-eye coordination. Talk about your distracted driving -- or flying. Can haptic feedback really help with that? (Serious question: I haven't had the opportunity.)
- mkempe 9y agoThat's one crucial aspect of the problem. My fingers can navigate across physical controls, simply using my sense of touch, without triggering any of them until I exert sufficient pressure. Could this be emulated in theory with haptic feedback? possibly, but nobody is offering such flat-screen UIs at the moment.
- digi_owl 9y agoOne reason i actually liked resistive screens, because i could rest my fingers on it without triggering anything.
- dkersten 9y agoProbably. I’ve experienced a haptic device that made it feel like I was pushing my hand through sand, so making it feel like knobs and switches must be possible. I also remember seeing something once where haptic feedback was used to make a flat surface feel like a keyboard.
- crististm 9y agoReal knobs have built-in force feedback and none of the disadvantages of touch buttons. I have no idea what it will take the industry to realize the sub-optimality of touch environment.
- digi_owl 9y agoI high end brand going on a retro binge...