The eZiText Predictive Text Solution of the SIXAXIS
Human-to-device interaction is something we all come across every single day, and yet we hardly even notice it anymore. It’s become ubiquitous (everywhere, universal) enough to make it second nature to this generation: from mobile phone texting to ATM keypad punching, from calculators to keyboards…
But how you can input info from your SIXAXIS into the PS3?
The PS3 is using Zi Corporation‘s solution: the eZiText Predictive Text Solution. This technology allows efficient text input and user-friendly one-stroke entries or word completion. Kind of like how the T9 dictionary works in mobiles. It also has the ability to learn from someone’s usage patterns and new vocabulary.
More specifically, Zi Corporation CEO Milos Djokovick has this to say:
PS3 is an amazing new product and using Zi’s technology will enable PS3 users to quickly enter data, such as names, websites and text messages, into the on-screen keyboard of the system… we are dedicated to developing innovative products that provide consumers with a more intuitive user interface for their technology device and we are really excited that our technology has been adopted by PS3.
Yeah, we know you can plug in your keyboard and mouse into the PS3, but as for the SIXAXIS, it’s still an innovative feat – and a wise move on Sony‘s part – to incorporate this technology.
It might not seem such a big deal to you, but that’s only because the technology’s become so inherent in your daily life already. If you were to take out the user-friendly technology of inputting info into certain devices, it’s going to be a nightmare for both technophobes and technophiles!
Human-to-device interaction is something we all come across every single day, and yet we hardly even notice it anymore. It’s become ubiquitous (everywhere, universal) enough to make it second nature to this generation: from mobile phone texting to ATM keypad punching, from calculators to keyboards…
But how you can input info from your SIXAXIS into the PS3?
The PS3 is using Zi Corporation‘s solution: the eZiText Predictive Text Solution. This technology allows efficient text input and user-friendly one-stroke entries or word completion. Kind of like how the T9 dictionary works in mobiles. It also has the ability to learn from someone’s usage patterns and new vocabulary.
More specifically, Zi Corporation CEO Milos Djokovick has this to say:
PS3 is an amazing new product and using Zi’s technology will enable PS3 users to quickly enter data, such as names, websites and text messages, into the on-screen keyboard of the system… we are dedicated to developing innovative products that provide consumers with a more intuitive user interface for their technology device and we are really excited that our technology has been adopted by PS3.
Yeah, we know you can plug in your keyboard and mouse into the PS3, but as for the SIXAXIS, it’s still an innovative feat – and a wise move on Sony‘s part – to incorporate this technology.
It might not seem such a big deal to you, but that’s only because the technology’s become so inherent in your daily life already. If you were to take out the user-friendly technology of inputting info into certain devices, it’s going to be a nightmare for both technophobes and technophiles!