Reality-based interaction

Abstract

The great variety of new (Post-WIMP) interaction styles make them difficult to evaluate and compare. We propose a new evaluation method for them, Knowledge-Based Usability Evaluation (KBUE), that is based on similar ideas to those that drive cognitive architectures, such as ACT-R and Soar. We present KBUE as a way to formally specify the knowledge in the environment and in the user's head, and how this specification can be used to examine whether the aforementioned set of knowledge covers the required knowledge for the performance of a task in a user interface. We believe that by using this specification, it becomes easier to evaluate and compare Reality-Based interfaces.

Typographyin interactive spaces and the process of reading

“…The adaptation skill of individual can easily internalize the new things. When we examine the formation of new interaction forms, we see that the coded information belongs to the individual's non-digital daily life (Jacob, Girouard, Hirshfield, Horn, Shaer, Solovey & Zigelbaum, 2008). Utilization of digital elements and interaction with individuals has brought new communication forms together.…”

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“…1 Both two-and three-dimensional spaces belong to everyday life and, consequently, may offer users an immediacy of interaction and effective feedbacks. Applications that employ interactive spaces as their interfaces have the power to mix the reality of the physical space with the richness and variety of a digital domain and, in doing so, to connect the real with the digital via a reality-based interaction style (Jacob et al, 2008). The user acts and moves in the physical space but, through her/his movements, s/he can reach and interact with expressly arranged digital contents, bringing to life a responsive augmented reality.…”

Materials that matter

“…The interest in Tangible Interaction [44] is part of a development in HCI research that is moving away from the typical "window, icon, menu pointing device" (WIMP 1 ) interaction [47]. RBI encompasses interfaces and interaction styles that support humans' existing knowledge about the physical world [47].…”

“…RBI encompasses interfaces and interaction styles that support humans' existing knowledge about the physical world [47]. In this sense, the vision of ubiquitous computing is particularly relevant.…”

“…Mark Weiser's [129] vision of Ubiquitous Computing (ubicomp) motivated researchers to augment everyday objects and environments with computing capabilities to provide Reality-Based Interaction (RBI) [47] and more natural interaction possibilities. One of the most promis-…”