Robert Heinlein (Sci Fi author) once described a water bed in one of his novels; subsequently, when someone tried (some years later) to patent the water bed, their application was rejected on the basis of prior art.
The movie "Johnny Mnemonic" comes to mind as an example of this as regards gestures, etc. to cause a computer to do something. I'm sure other examples are available, even as recently as the movie "Avatar"
Come on Microsoft--the ideas and implementation are not new, just the equipment to implement it might be.
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Robert Heinlein (Sci Fi author) once described a water bed in one of his novels; subsequently, when someone tried (some years later) to patent the water bed, their application was rejected on the basis of prior art.
The movie "Johnny Mnemonic" comes to mind as an example of this as regards gestures, etc. to cause a computer to do something. I'm sure other examples are available, even as recently as the movie "Avatar"
Come on Microsoft--the ideas and implementation are not new, just the equipment to implement it might be.