Our goal is to change the way that people interact with computers. Unlike the current means, mostly via keyboard and mouse, the sensory dimensions of sight, sound and touch are much more comfortable and convenient modalities for the human user. A current challenge is how to integrate the, as yet, imperfect technologies to achieve synergies that transcend the benefit of a single modality. Click here to find more about this work. I ntelligent agents plane spans all four layers.
Intelligent agents coordinate the work within each layer and between the layers.
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