Week 8 Alternate Modes of Interaction

In this week’s lecture, we were discussed about alternate modes of interaction, include tangible interaction, embodied interaction and augmented reality. The one example “super angry birds” is similar with my concept, we both intend to use physical & non-traditional method to implement the interaction between game and players. The super angry birds’ designer considered how to use related control to simulate the slingshot, so one of the most compelling things about this interaction method is it can provide a better sense of reality, player can feel they throwing these birds. For my concept, I also intend to create an interesting way to let user control the Pac-man game by interact with a physical non-traditional method which is the control board.  

 

Super Angry Birds

And then, we discussed about some non-traditional physical interactions that could be implemented for Email, Twitter, and Super Mario Bros. 

Email:

• For the new mail alert, when user waiting some emails, the notification become important, one possible physical interactions could be a wearable shaking device which can let user know when a new email coming.

 

• For send an email, user sometimes want send an email with hand write letter and attached file, so a physical device that allow users can all files and send digital version by a simple click.

• For delete an email, when people want destroy a junk mail or some mail that contain sensitive information, they usually choose delete the email permanently, so a device that allow user tore up the physical letter, then the related digital version also destroy automatically.

• For manage mail box, user can store physical mails into filing cabinet, if they want to check the email, they can plug the physical mails into the device and all related mail history will display.

• For switch different mail box, some actual mailboxes – it could be set beside your bed that lights up in different colours for different kinds of emails.

Twitter:

• For message notification, there is a bird nest, it can be set on your desk with a piece of spring, when a new message come, the bird will be ejected from the nest and sweet to remind you.

• for message passing, there is a bird device that can read text message from twitter to users, and users can speak to the bird and put the bird back to its nest to post your tweet or respond.

• For display some visual message, there is a mini projector in bird mouth, so any pictures from Twitter can be projected on a desk, windows or somewhere else.

• Tab the bird’s head to like the post and switch its head for favourites.