As a restaurant builder/owner/operator from 1972 until 1984, Mosher first began writing point of sale software on his vintage Apple II computer in 1977 and pioneered such ideas as point of sale software to make practical the use of a PC as an order entry device (1978) and the printer as a way to communicate orders to the preparation areas of restaurants, namely kitchens and bars (1979). Mosher sold his restaurant business in 1984 and moved from Syracuse, New York to Eugene, Oregon, where he began work on the first graphic touchscreen point of sale computer, based on the Atari ST.
Mosher developed the first virtual graphic user interface (GUI) that featured a touchscreen for use in a point of sale environment. The GUI was comprised of touchscreen-driven graphic elements which comprised a complete, stand-alone, application specific GUI. He also pioneered the rapid application framework for building any kind of application-specific virtual interface with a touchscreen GUI.
His later work involved making use of the X Window System as a means of making it possible for people to use software without the need for any local computer. He never applied for any patents or received any royalties for his pioneering innovations.
Mosher continues to work in this field at ViewTouch, Eugene, Oregon, the company he founded to advance his work.
Gene Mosher (born January 13, 1949 in Watertown, New York) is best known for inventing the graphic touchscreen point of sale computer and is a pioneer of human-computer interaction, including application-specific GUIs and network computing.
Mosher is a 1966 graduate of Xaverius College in Borgerhout, Belgium and received a Bachelor's degree in Social Anthropology from the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York in 1972.
Mosher sold his restaurant business in 1984 and moved from Syracuse, New York to Eugene, Oregon, where he began work on the first graphic touchscreen point of sale computer, based on the Atari ST.
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