If you haven’t seen any of the clips on YouTube of very young kids playing with iPads then have a look, they’re pretty amazing. Kids are unbelievably comfortable with the touchscreen interface and as a result, there are already loads of apps out there geared to child education and plenty of great kids books like these.
This next generation of digital users are going to drive market demand for touch screen interfaces in the future across a range of digital touchpoints as a result of using them from a very early age. ‘Stupid’, non-touch screens could well be deemed obsolete to them as touchscreen will be this new generation’s ‘default’. It’s also likely that they’ll find many new ways to use these interfaces as they become inherent to their way of life.
Remember setting the video recorder or setting up the computer for your technophobe parents? Prepare to be taught a few digital lessons by future generations…
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