MIT’s experimental THAW UI project lets you overlay your iPhone over your computer screen, capturing data from your computer and interacting with objects, creating a single, fluid environment. To get a sense of it, watch the video below. The real fun starts about 45 seconds in.
MIT’s slick new UI merges your iPhone and laptop interaction
Now, what can it do that’s useful? Holding a phone up to a screen seems to me to be a worse user interface than touch, which I’m still not convinced is a good idea for a vertical screen of any size.
Sorry, it just doesn’t make me want to have it. Show me something that would actually make the user experience better than a mouse, keyboard, and bluetooth.