Bill Buxton on Natural User Interfaces

It probably comes as no surprise that I think Bill Buxton is the man. In fact, I was one of the handful of folks to get him to be our keynote speaker at last year’s MIX conference. He will again be a keynote speaker at this year’s conference, March 15-17 in Las Vegas.

Recently at CES, Microsoft spent time talking about the “Natural User Interface”.  I am intrigued by NUI because as Buxton alludes to in the video below, I think we have to start thinking about interaction from a people perspective vs. a desktop metaphor. Check out what Buxton had to say (2 min. 57 sec.):





Also, to get greater detail, check out Larry Larsen’s great interview with Buxton on Channel 9 (38 min. 42 sec.):





With the MIX Conference coming up fast, you better hurry up and register so that you can see Bill Buxton in person. I guarantee that he won’t disappoint.

Did you see Bill Buxton last year at MIX09? Are you fan? Or do you think all this Natural User Interface is bunk? Let me know your thoughts in the comments below.

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