What will Human Computer Interaction look like in the year 2020? This is an important question because it is highly likely that in a decade, computers will have become so pervasive that, how we interact with them will become a crucial issue for society.
In this post, we will give a brief overview of what could possibly be the next big shift in the field of HCI. This is of value to a general reader because knowledge of what the future may hold could be empowering. For the HCI practitioner it could provide an insight into possible new approaches which can achieve the following bottomline: how to embody human values at the heart of computing.
Four Computer Eras
(This is a comprehensive site for people to find out more about the future of HCI. In March 2007, Microsoft Research organised the ‘HCI 2020’ conference and came up with the following report which envisioned HCI in the year 2020: Being Human Report )
Possible New Paradigms
The TED videos below show what may be the next shift in human-computer interaction.
1. The g-speak Platform
TED link
2. Sixth Sense
The TED videos below show what may be the next shift in human-computer interaction.
1. The g-speak Platform
In this TED talk Oblong Chief Scientist John Underkoffler
displays g-speak SOE(spatial operating environment). Computers don’t understand real world geometry or real world space and the video explains what happens when you start expalining space to computers. Underkoffler believes that in five years or so all computers will have this technology.
TED link
2. Sixth Sense
This technology was developed by Pranav Mistry at MIT Media labs and is still at the early stage of development. Pattie Maes hints during the demo that this project was inspired by the movie “Minority Report.
3. Photosynth
In the first part of the video Blaise Aguera y Arcas demonstrates “Sea Dragon” – an environment in which you can interact with a vast amount of visual data.
The second part of the video presents Photosynth – an application that can generate three-dimensional models from digital photos.
Photosynth is developed by Microsoft Live Labs and the University of Washington. You can try it out here.
'' Digital technologies will continue to proliferate, enabling ever more ways of changing how we live. But will such developments improve the quality of life, empower us, and make us feel safer, happier and more connected? Or will living with technology make it more tiresome, frustrating, angst-ridden, and security-driven? What will it mean to be human when everything we do is supported or augmented by technology? What role can researchers, designers and
computer scientists have in helping to shape the future? "
(From the Being Human Report )
computer scientists have in helping to shape the future? "
(From the Being Human Report )
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