{"id":2082,"date":"2022-01-20T20:49:25","date_gmt":"2022-01-21T01:49:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/48-339\/s2022\/?p=2082"},"modified":"2022-01-20T20:49:25","modified_gmt":"2022-01-21T01:49:25","slug":"class-notes-20-jan-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/48-339\/s2022\/?p=2082","title":{"rendered":"Class Notes, 20 Jan 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

Class 2: 20 Jan<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Introductions and Admin<\/h2>\n

Self introductions and discussion of readings<\/p>\n

URL for Shedroff and Noessel’s book, Make It So: Interaction Design Lessons from Science Fiction: \u00a0<\/span> https:\/\/amzn.to\/3tMd6qi<\/a><\/p>\n

Discuss<\/h2>\n

Reading assignment \u2014 what makes something interactive?<\/p>\n

Does interaction require emotion or just the appearance of emotion?\u00a0 When do we go from \u201crobot\u201d to \u201cuncanny valley\u201d to \u201chuman\u201d?<\/p>\n

Musicians and DJs working a crowd \u2014 who is interacting and who is driving the interaction?<\/p>\n

So what is physical interaction?\u00a0 When\/where did it start?<\/p>\n

Physical Interaction History<\/h2>\n

Beekeepers – explain the complexity of a hive and how we\u2019re only just now (past 20 years) discovering how bees vote to make hive-wide decisions.\u00a0 We think of hives as being illuminated because we open them up.\u00a0 Bees operate in total darkness using only touch, hearing, and smell.\u00a0 \u201cHoneybee Democracy\u201d is a great introduction to how science works and how to write about science:\u00a0 https:\/\/amzn.to\/2Z6Y9yL<\/a><\/p>\n

People knew that honey bee \u201cpropolis<\/a>\u201d helped prevent infection thousands of years before we discovered bacteria.\u00a0 Working in ignorance still leads to progress.<\/p>\n

Alchemists – trying to make things happen with substances they don\u2019t understand.\u00a0\u00a0 If you don\u2019t know about elements what decisions are making to interact with substances?\u00a0 A lot of chemistry was “discovered” while looking for gold.<\/p>\n

New music and dance styles based on sampling and analog synths: Moog, ARP 2600, hip-hop.\u00a0 Early hip-hop was limited to record players and mics; early synths were insanely expensive and shared at fancy studios. Grand Wizard Theodore invented<\/strong> scratching:\u00a0 https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eHCOIK_fICU<\/a><\/p>\n

Console games with physical feedback, Rez Trance Vibrator by Tetsuya Mizuguchi<\/a>:\u00a0 https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2016\/9\/25\/13046770\/rez-trance-vibrator-ps2<\/a>\u00a0 Game was based on electronic music in the mid-90s:\u00a0 https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YZL4Cbt-knk<\/a><\/p>\n

Dance Dance Revolution moves from arcades to home console games<\/p>\n

Driving assistance with vehicles: AI? Interaction?\u00a0 What if the car won\u2019t let me turn, start, or stop?\u00a0 How can I disable safety features?<\/p>\n

Flight assistance software in commercial aircraft.\u00a0 Is autopilot interactive?<\/p>\n

Flight assistance for military aircraft: self-guiding drones, incoming missile warnings for helicopter pilots.\u00a0 Interaction or reaction?<\/p>\n

Near-future Interaction<\/h2>\n

the focus of this class – we\u2019re prototyping for five years out<\/p>\n