Windows 8 was an ambitious attempt to update the personal computer for the tablet era by moving to a new touchscreen interface based on colourful tiles, hiding the "desktop" launch screen familiar to white collar workers and consumers around the world.

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For example, the same interface could be made adaptable to both an office environment and a moving vehicle, with the system dynamically making the necessary changes to user interface behavior as the environment changes.

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Take, for example, the GUI or Graphical User Interface, which allows the moving of items on a desktop computer using icons and a mouse.

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From there, Huen mapped various songs onto different positions of the knob, allowing him to control his playlist by moving it -- a simple, manual interface for selecting music.

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The Pro Version allows advanced 3D designers and professionals to quickly build or modify 3DVR applications by modifying key functions of Vimensio (object handling, interaction, and moving) via a Python-based script interface.

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In the twist interface you move from list to list by moving left to right, and vice versa.

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While the hardware has remained mostly unchanged, the company's gone to town on the camera app, moving beyond the Windows Phone Lens system to craft a new Smart Cam interface.

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The social-oriented interface looks seriously tricked out with faces (hopefully of people the user knows) moving in and out in three dimensions -- usability is an open question, but at least it's pretty to stare at, which is really what a good phone's all about anyway, right?

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Final Cut Pro X has an interface similar to iMovie and includes people detection, the ability to skim a clip by moving a mouse over it, and auto image stabilization.

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