CS547 Human-Computer Interaction Seminar (Seminar on People, Computers, and Design)
Fridays 12:30-1:50 · Gates B01 · Open to the public- 20 years of speakers
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February 17, 1993
The claim I want to make is that we have a a new language growing up around us, which I call Visual Language. This new language is composed of words and images, which are tightly coupled. So closely are words and images integrated that in many communication situations we can not do without either. I will give some evidence for why I think we should begin to treat Visual language as a language, including some reasons why I think it is going to be an important language that most of us will be "speaking" in the next 20 years. One of the most important aspects of analyzing visual language is sorting out what words do best and what the images and other shapes contribute -- when they are tightly coupled. I will present some of my early research results on this aspect of the language. Then, I will discuss some of the needs we have as a community for understanding the "systematics," what you might think of as the grammar and semantics, of visual language. Finally, I hope to have a discussion with the group about the implications of these ideas for computer interfaces. |
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