A Brief Rant on the Future of Interactive Design – Response

My initial thoughts when first viewing the video were “wow, that looks so aesthetic, cool and clean”. But then my mind drifted towards the ideas that earlier readings brought up, which were how future technology must think of human nature. It is not human nature to be so organized… Alright, well at least not my human nature.

I agree with Victor that the technology must be able to be a sort of extension of our own body and be able to use our senses in order to function. But then, would it not be extremely awkward and nonsensical to use one’s entire body when operating technology in public? I’m not thinking opening a door, but rather operating your own individual phones or computers.

Though, I do still agree in many ways with Victor when considering the future. Especially since that phone one of the men was holding looked extremely fragile. Victor also brought up some interesting points about different motions of the hands which may be more reasonable than using one’s whole body. Our fingers allow for discreet and private motions for complicated tasks, so rather than “using only our finger” we get to “use only our finger!”. But perhaps people will get accustomed to different motions as well. It is human nature to adapt…

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