The Foundations of Spatial Computing
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In this talk I discuss to foundations of spatial interaction design by exploring how weve used our environment all through the centuries to help us with cognitive tasks.
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- 1. The Foundations of Spatial Computing Sjors Timmer @sjors
- 2. Now you can create documents with words and pictures Xerox Star 8010 1981
- 3. This is not a watered down version of the internet Or a mobile version of the internet Its just the Internet On your phone iPhone 2007
- 4. It also comes with all the YouTube features you already love YouTube VR 2016
- 5. The content of any medium is always another medium. Marshall McLuhan The medium is the message
- 6. The content of any new medium is the previous best selling medium Free after Marshall McLuhan
- 7. But it doesnt have to be that way
- 8. Paul Sellers How to Make a Mortise and Tenon Joint
- 10. What if we could work with information like a carpenter works with wood?
- 11. The intelligent use of space Understanding through interaction 1. 2.
- 12. 1. The intelligent use of space
- 13. The intelligent use of space How we manage the spatial arrangement of items around us, is not an afterthought; it is an integral part of the way we think, plan and behave. - David Kirsh
- 14. Extend memory
- 15. Sense making
- 16. Novel ways of seeing
- 18. Experts constantly re-arrange items to make it easy to track the state of the task, or to notice the properties signaling what to do next. - David Kirsh
- 19. Simplify choice Once a context of action has been triggered, the local a鍖ordances make clear what can and must be done. and prevent us from considering irrelevant alternatives. David Kirsh
- 20. Simplify whats next If I can arrange items to display the sequence they are are to be used in, then I dont have to remember that order. - David Kirsh
- 21. Simplify how next The environment also indicates how I should do my next action
- 22. Experts create little assembly lines of tasks, switching between short bursts of high cognitive preparation tasks and longer lower cognitive execution tasks.
- 24. We should invent knowledge work that incorporates the body - Bret Victor The humane representation of thought (2014)
- 25. Embodied Interaction is the creation, manipulation, and sharing of meaning through engaged interaction with artefacts. - Paul Dourish
- 26. 1. Observable and reportable Interaction with the system should reveal the purposes for which it was designed and how it is intended to be used
- 27. 2. Representations should relate to the world The relation between what can be seen and what is represented should make sense within the users world experience
- 28. 3. Physical representation Being physical humans in a physical world has endowed us with a rich set of skills. We should build upon those
- 29. 4. Direct manipulation Interaction through physical movements Allow for rapid and reversible actions that provide immediate visible feedback
- 30. 5. From space to place Turn space into a place by transforming it from just physical to a social environment
- 31. 5. From space to place Turn space into a place moving it from just physical to a social environment How you move your body changes how you experience the computing system
- 32. 5. From space to place Turn space into a place moving it from just physical to a social environment How you move your body changes how you experience the computing system The computational system can be adapted through changes in your physical environment
- 33. 6. Design for collaboration When the system is centred around manipulating artefacts, than all users can see the results of an action because they all see the same artefact
- 34. 7. Design for model making We should design for the dynamic spatial representation of thought - Bret Victor The humane representation of thought (2014) Illustration by David Hellman
- 35. Using our body to interact with the world around us frees up underused capabilities for understanding complex information
- 36. Recap - We use space to think - We programme our environment through artefacts - Using our body to interact with the world around us opens up underused capabilities to understand complex information - Creating and interacting with dynamic spatial models is the most powerful way to understand complex information
- 37. Deep Interaction at UX Brighton - Youtube Karl Fast The Humane Representation of Thought - Vimeo Bret Victor More to watch