SUMMARY
Douglas Engelbart's 1968 "Mother of All Demos" at SRI showcased interactive computing innovations, including the mouse debut, hypertext, real-time editing, and collaborative tools, envisioning augmented human intellect.
STATEMENTS
The Augmented Human Intellect Research Center at Stanford Research Institute has pursued computer systems that enhance intellectual work by providing instant responsiveness to user actions throughout the day.
The demo features a computer mouse that controls a tracking spot on a networked display, allowing seamless interaction with text and graphics.
Users can create and manipulate entities like statements and words, including operations such as copying, moving, and reorganizing content in real-time.
Hypertext linking enables jumping between files, such as connecting a text list to a visual map for contextual information like overdue books.
Shared-screen collaboration allows remote participants to view and point to the same display, with audio coupling for discussion, while reserving primary control to the host.
Video integration permits seeing the collaborator's face during work, enhancing remote teamwork through live feeds from the laboratory.
An upcoming ARPA computer network will connect experimental systems, enabling low-latency responses across distances, like from Cambridge to Menlo Park.
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