The iPad is 40 Years Old

40 Years of Invention, Development & Commercialization of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and the Graphical User Interface (GUI)

Copyright © Arnold Wasserman 2010

Doug Engelbart, SRI “The Mother of All Demos”

Dec. 9, 1968

The computer mouse and pointer cursor Display editing

Outline processing

Multiple remote online users of a networked processor "Linking" and in-file object addressing Multiple windowing Graphical user interface Hypermedia Context-sensitive help

Direct object manipulation

Integrated text and graphics

San Francisco

http://sloan.stanford.edu/mousesite/1968Demo.html#complete

Two-way Videoconferencing With Shared Workspaces

Engelbart's Unfinished Revolution

A Symposium at Stanford University

Dec 9, 2008

http://programforthefuture.org/about-us/Engelbart-Mural.jpg/image_view_fullscreen

Mural: Co-Evolution of Human Systems &

Tool Systems:

Alan Kay’s keen observations of kids at play in the late 1960s and early ‘70s led to foundational developments of personal computing, including object oriented programming, the graphical user interface and portability.

“The best way to predict the futureuture is to create it.”

“A computer should be as easy to use as an Etch-a-Sketch” 1968

Alan Kay’s Dynabook First sketches and mockups, 1968,69,70

XEROX Alto 1980

XEROX PARC Palo Alto Research Center

Apple Macintosh 1984

Microsoft Windows 1985

Apple “Knowledge Navigator” Simulation 1987

http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=-5144094928842683632&hl=en&fs=true style=width:400px;height:326px allowFullScreen=true allowScriptAccess=always type=application/x-shockwave-flash> </embed>

Apple Newton/MessagePad 1993

iPod + iTunes 2001 – 2010

iMac G5 2004

HP Compaq Tablet Pc 2006

iPhone 2007

http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid713271701?bclid=713073346&bctid=709364416

Interactive Multi-touch Gestural Interfaces: 1969 – 2010

GEO-SPACIAL COMMAND & CONTROL

BROADCAST

MEDICAL INFORMATION VISUALIZATION, EXPLORATION

DIGITAL CONTENT CREATION

STORYBOARDING, IDEATION

FINANCE, MUSEUM EXHIBITION, ENTERTAINMENT, ETC.

Augmented Reality 1957 – 2010

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9KPJlA5yds&feature=related

Augmented Reality for iPhone 2010

Video-Call iPhone 2010

Apple iPad 2010

40 Years Later