The Paradigm Shift to Multimodality in Contemporary Computer Interfaces

During the last decade, cell phones with multimodal interfaces based on combined new media have become the dominant computer interface worldwide. Multimodal interfaces support mobility and expand the expressive power of human input to computers. They have shifted the fulcrum of human—computer interaction much closer to the human. This book explains the foundation of human—centered multimodal interaction and interface design, based on the cognitive and neurosciences, as well as the major ben...