Microsoft Surface as described in 1984

General purpose and surface computing I don't think transition well.. theres the thing of having minority report style interactions.. but it all seems a little too demanding for a standard user.. right now we're using to interaction where we sit infront of a screen that shows us everything, and we interact with devices that were designed to allow us to relax as much as possible (posture and muscles).

I often think about all these new interactive elements, that we're told may very well be computing of the future.. yet personally I think we may have peeked in general purpose interactions..

Even if we move to interactive input devices (think keyboards that display buttons interactively with some sort of tactile feedback technology (no - not like that keyboard with screens for keys)).. then we have to learn to start looking at the keyboard again (when we've optimized ourselves to not need to do so)..

If it were possible, I would like a device that would be like a loose boomberang shape.. and elements from the screen would 'slide' down into the input area (technically the entire surface would be touch and tactile, but the focus would be for it to happen in the 'input' area).. but like I said, its a sacriface to the simplicity we have now..