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Tuesday, August 22, 2006

Wk 1 Q2: Some interaction is more interactive than others

Basically, I feel the 2 of them are a bit extreme in their definitions, although I do find Crawford’s definitions easier to use because it is very clear in what it is looking out for. I feel that a better definition of interactivity should be something in between the 2 such that there is greater room for flexibility yet it is clear enough what is interactivity. For one, I feel that although interaction is a 2-way process, there might not be a need for a thinking process in one of the agents in the interaction. For example, if we go to the fountain at Bugis Junction and played with the fountain, we get lots of fun from the interaction with the pre-programmed arrangement of the jets of water and might even think of that as an interaction because the jets of water might appear to be responsive to our actions.

1 Comments:

At 11:03 am, Blogger alex said...

I think the key here to finding a useful (meaning something we can use to analyse and design interactive media) definition is the idea of interactivity as a spectrum, from low to high... the Bugis fountain is interactive, yes, but I'd say its low-level interaction (but more interactive that Crawford's fridge). Your final point that the jets of water might appear to be responsive is important - in many cases, its the perception of interactivity that's important, whether or not the system is really responding to our actions...

 

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