57.4: Invited Paper : The Breadth—Depth Dichotomy: Opportunities and Crises in Expanding Sensing Capabilities
Daniel Wigdor · SID Symposium Digest of Technical Papers · 2011
Abstract A simple touch is not simple. What we think of as “touch” actually includes a variety of object‐sensing technologies and an even wider variety of information that can be detected about the sensed objects. This wide range of capabilities forces developers to choose between designing once for a “lowest‐common‐denominator” platform (breadth) or significantly redesigning their software for each hardware capability (depth). This dichotomy threatens the future of touch computing as a platform for innovation.