Interfaces, Surface Computing and Ubiquitous Computing
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Interfaces, Surface Computing and Ubiquitous Computing
BarCampThe “Unconference”
RMITSaturday, November 15, 2008
Eric Hosick
Cuong Huynh
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Interfaces
Computing is all about interface.
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Ubiquitous Computing
Can we interact with computers without an interface? “Ubiquitous computing (ubicomp) is a post-desktop
model of human-computer interaction in which information processing has been thoroughly integrated into everyday objects and activities.” - Ubiquitous_computing (Wikipedia).
Using music, instead of displays, to represent stock market data.
– Using this method, users are able to spot trends more accurate.
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What!?!??!
What are we looking at? What could this be used for?
‘AmbientDevices’ [image] 2008
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Product from Ambient Devices
Interfaces with internet. Glows green to indicate market is trending up.
‘AmbientDevices’ [image] 2008
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Weather Information
Weather conditions are displayed using a colorful cube.
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How about this?
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Tangible UserInterface
Microsoft Surface Retractable – Musical
instrument. Marble Answering Machine by
Durrell Bishop (1992).– A marble represents a single
message left on the answering machine. Dropping a marble into a dish plays back the associated message or calls back the caller. – ‘Tangible User Interface’ (Wikipedia)