HCI Chapter 3: Interactive Technology (P1)

What is the function of a computer?

• A tool to complete user's task

• A tool to entered any command before processed the data

• A tool to manipulate and retrieve information

What we archieve when we interact with computer?

• receiving information from them

• information transfer (passing --> receiving)

• passing information to other people

Process of information transfer from user to the computer and from computer to the user.

Text entry and pointing

• Processing

• Input devices

• Output devices

• Storage

RAM, storage media

• Processing

• Input devices

• Output devices

• Storage

Speed of processing, networks

• Processing

• Input devices

• Output devices

• Storage

Screen, audio, printing

• Processing

• Input devices

• Output devices

• Storage

Haptic, bio-sensing, sound

• Input devices

• touch sense

• physical interaction

• virtual reality

Special interaction and display devices

• Output devices

• touch sense

• physical interaction

• virtual reality

2 fundamentally diff forms of interaction:

• Interactive

• Batch

• Style of interaction