Furthermore, successful innovation typically involves both. I believe the critical human requirement that will drive UIST into its second decade is the increased integration of computation into our physical lives. After all, the power of computation is restricted if it can only be accessed by sitting at a desk manipulating a mouse and keyboard because only some of our cognition is solitary and desk-oriented, such as authoring documents. The rest of the time, computation and user interfaces can only be useful to us if they become part of our lives while we interact with each other and manipulate physical objects. The technological trends are encouraging.
Laptops continue to get smaller and more powerful.
The Pilot has revived interest in stylus-based user interfaces and has demonstrated hotsyncing applications between computers. The World Wide Web is creating new models for the delivery of applications and their user interfaces, as well as creating a huge collection of online documents and services. Faster computers are beginning to support effective interpretation of sensor data and improved control of robotic manipulators. Clearly, effective speech understanding and vision interpretation will have a big impact on how we design our user interfaces. One of the key research topics at UIST'007 will be the design and implementation of user interfaces that utilize a multitude of computers spread over space and time while giving users the experience of a single application that is integrated with their physical lives.