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Directions in HCC

HCC629, 4/2/2014

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Futuristic Self-Selected Readings

How far off are we from it being “common”?What are the barriers to adoption? How can we overcome them?

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Amy’s Technology Pickshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=-QfhTWJIDCM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=0u1zoaJYAmw

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Advice From the Past About the Future

"I'm an inventor. I became interested in long term trends because an innovation has to make sense in the world in which it is finished, not the world in which it was started” --Ray Kurzwell“The future is here. It's just not evenly distributed yet" -- William Gibson“The best way to predict the future is to invent it” –- Alan Kay

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Reading Discussion

Thoughts on Future of Interaction Design?

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OutlinePast predictions of the futureDeveloping for the futureHot new trends

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Visions of the Future

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Why Look at Past Visions of the Future?

Show that it is possible to predict the futureIllustrate that you can prototype the future with tools of todayNot all visions come true, however there are some very surprisingly accurate ones

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Douglas Englebart “Mother of All Demos”1968 demo of the NLS (On Line System)

– Bitmapped display – Mouse– Hypertext – Multiple Windows – Shared screen

teleconferencing – Context sensitive help

Stanford Research InstituteFull video on youtube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MPJZ6M52dI

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Alan Kay’s Dynabook (1969-1972)Designed as educational tool for childrenSaid to be first prototype of laptop or tablet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r36NNGzNvjo

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Mark Weiser

Xerox PARC 1991TabletsPDAsLarge displays

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AT&T VIDEOS OF THE FUTURE

“You will….”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZb0avfQme8

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Reactions?

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Developing the Future

How can we possibly create tomorrow’s technology today?

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A prototyping tale…

Anyone want to guess when a mobile device came to market that had handwriting recognition built in with a stylus?

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The Apple Newton

First significant PDA available on the market (released in 1993).Handwriting recognition built into it!Huge failure on the market.

– Too big and heavy to carry– Too slow to run most

applications– Handwriting detection was not

very accurate

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Redesigning the NewtonAfter failure of the Newton, two of its inventors left Apple to design a new device and used techniques from all areas of HCI.

– Identified that the Newton failed because it was too big and too slow.

– Focused on exploring the form of the device through “block of wood prototypes” which Jeff Hawkins carried around to decide what the correct form should be.

– Redesigned the hardware specifications so it would fit with the smaller form.

– The basic Pilot 1000 retailed for $299, half the price of a Newton.

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Additional informationWhen working out the Palm's handwriting recognition system, Graffiti, Hawkins said he scribbled notes all day on a pad of paper. But he didn't write the letters side by side. Instead he scrawled them one on top of each other -- just the way it's done on the Palm -- ending up with indecipherable blobs on the page. Hawkins told how his make-pretend method led him to conclude that voice recognition will never be a good way to control computers -- a notion that goes against current wisdom, including Microsoft's, which is sinking millions of dollars into researching the endeavor. Hawkins said when he's sat around pretending to control his computer by voice the experience is unsatisfactory and uncompelling.

Quotes from wired.com article about Jeff Hawkins: http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/1999/10/32010

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Result of Newton Redesign

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What is this device?

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But what can I do?

Look at the trends in conferences, the media, industry then get creative!

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Hot New Trends

Democratizing technologyMind ControlRobotsHuman ComputationInteraction Beyond the Desktop

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Mind Control

Brain-Computer Interfaces

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Mind ControlBCI: Brain-Computer InterfacesEEG: recording of the brain's spontaneous electrical activity over a short period of time, usually 20–40 minutes, as recorded from multiple electrodes placed on the scalp.

– Unobtrusive technology– Reasonably accurate– Less expensive than other solutions

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Brain Computer Interfaces

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Assistive Robots

Robots you talk toRobots you wear

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Assistive Robots

PEARL Robotic Assistant for older adults, project at CMU

– Give information– Socialize– Reminders– Collect health and

activity data– Tele-presence with

family and care givers

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Wearable Robots

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Human Computation

Mechanical Turk

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Human Computation: Mechanical Turk

Soylent: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_miZqsPwscVizWiz: http://www.cs.rochester.edu/u/jbigham/vizwiz/video/

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MAKING “MAKING” ACCESSIBLE

Maker movement and impact on manufacturing

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Traditional “Making” Tools

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“Personal-scale manufacturing tools enable people that have no special training in woodworking, metalsmithing, or embroidery to manufacture their own complex, one-of-a-kind artisan-style objects”

--Lipson, Factory@Home

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Accessible Making ToolsComputer-controlled making with a new generation of DIY and professional prototyping tools

3D Printed Plastic Laser Cut Wood CNC Milled Metal

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Beyond the Desktop

Interactive surfacesGiant DisplaysWearable computers

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Giant Displays (public)

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Wearable Computers Personal Displays

Watch displaysEye displays

Thad Starner

Steve Mann

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Wearable Computers: Pico projectors

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4Z9sOtiWUY

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Cool, Tech… but what are the new methods?

You will enjoy 729!

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Test Review

1st half of class next weekNo readings this week!

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Test ReviewKnow Categories of Input Devices

– Absolute vs. Relative– Direct vs. Indirect– What is a mouse? What is the gain of a mouse?– Alternative input devices

Understand differences between command line, direct manipulation, forms and menu interfaces, and be able to identify pros and cons of each

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Test ReviewKnow what Fitts’ Law is, and why it is important in interface design

– Know at least 2 ways to “beat” Fitts’ Law

Identify common pointing and typing performance metrics

Be familiar with future trends and significant innovations discussed in class

Remember key concepts in assigned readings