Advances in human-machine interaction - Applications for future interfaces

Well-functioning human-machine interfaces are the result of technical advances as well as the ambition to adapt technology to users' needs. Regardless of technical advances, in the complex context of the Swedish Armed Forces a great deal of responsibility will land on individuals' ability to analyse, interact and make adequate decisions. In order to be ready to meet the future needs of these individual users in relation to interfaces when interacting with technology, it is motivated to overview both present and possible future principles of interaction. It is likely that a greater variation of user interfaces will be used as a result of users' changing needs in relation to the context of the situation of use. New technological solutions will require new interfaces as well as emerge from new forms of user interfaces. When display solutions are combined with computer generated, virtual environments, new areas for use will emerge. This report gives an overview of current human-machine interfaces with examples from a range of application areas. Specific user interfaces deemed relevant for further investigations and evaluations during the course of this project include applications of gesture based interaction techniques, augmented and virtual reality applications as well as neural interfaces.