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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May 14, 1999
We notice a disquieting resemblance between the user of current computer technology and the unfortunate person trapped in the medieval pillory. We suggest this is symptomatic for a design tradition that looks at people as soft blobs augmenting our "magnificent machines," rather than recognizing and utilizing the amazing capability we humans have qua our embodied intellect and intelligence. FXPAL has over the last few years developed an emerging framework for interaction design which combines (1) technology for the entire human body and mind (i.e., efforts in engaging more of the human capacity) with (2) tangible computing (i.e., efforts of re-physicalizing, re-naturalizing the human-computer interface). We call this framework "tacit interaction"; for a particular task that the user engages in we look at the role of technology relative to the task. We emphasize two major element of the interaction: the degree of explicitness, pre-meditation, and intent with which the user deal with the computer, and the attention required to perform the current task. In this talk we will explain the framework. We will locate traditional computer applications in the models of our framework, and we will present and position some of our own prototypes: AROMA, Palette, and TactGuide. Tacit Interaction is one of several approaches to turn the concept of ubiquitous computing into practical designs and design criteria; in the talk we will also relate our work to some of the other fascinating design efforts, including the ExtremeUI from Xerox PARC and Tangible Bits from MIT MediaLab. References Elin Rønby Pedersen & Tomas Sokoler: AROMA - abstract representation of presence for the purpose of mutual awareness. Proceedings of the Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 97, Atlanta), ACM Press, April 1997. Les Nelson, Lia Adams, Satoshi Ichimura, and Elin Rønby Pedersen: Palette: A Paper Interface for Giving Presentations. To appear in the Proceedings of the Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 99, Pittsburgh), ACM Press, May 1999. |
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