Week 2: Interactive Design Principles

Human computer reaction

Interfaces

In ID 6 as used in HCI: relatable to people’s everyday experiences with technologies

Interaction

• a reciprocal action

• causal relationships

• the interaction between a user and a product

• interaction-as-dialogue

GUI

• screen based

• heavily based on visual and auditory media

Embodied Interactions

• embodied in object

• direct manipulation

• bodily interaction

TUI

• connects user with the digital through the physical world

• tangibility and materiality,

• Haptics

• physical embodiment of data,

• bodily interaction

Interaction flow

Is a conversation between the system and the user

We are designing object behaviour

action - reaction

User-Product Interaction

• Fusion of Input and Output, A way for the user to accomplish a task

Action - Reaction

1. Click Switch - Turning on a Kettle

2. Clicks the button - Opens the door

3. Pull cord - Starts the engine

4. Click - Turns on the TV

5. Push - Turns on the light

Input - Output

1. Turn On the kettle: Switch - Heat, Light

2. Turn On Heating Butter Knife: Switch - Creates Heat

3. Turn On Fridge: Open Door - Cold, Light

4. Wii Baton: Movement - Sound, Light

5. Speaker: Presses Switch - Light, Sound

Feedback - Attention - Status