‘A Brief Rant on the Future of Interaction Design’
This reading allowed me to learn a new term, “Picture Under Glass”. I think I’ve always taken for granted the technology that was offered to me and so whilst using my phone or my iPad, it didn’t really seem to me that I was “denying my hands what they do best”. After reading his argument, I could see where Victor was coming from – to look at the potential of human capabilities. Although I do think that he has a fair point, I wonder what could be some sort of technology that would be able to achieve that goal and make it interesting at the same time. I guess right now what everyone wants to see are those screens that come out of no-where that acts like a transparent iPad that you always see in movies.
‘‘Responses: A Brief Rant on the Future of Interaction Design’
Victor mentioned that he was interested in tools for creating and understanding and that “deep understanding requires active exploration” but I think that in this day and age, there is a general liking for items (especially electronic devices) to be smaller and easy to use – they are easily accessible. His definition of active exploration is being able to take full advantage of the body and mind but as I hinted at in my previous response (up top), I still question how practical that would be.