CS5540 HCI by Rich Riesenfeld Fall 2008 PBS Nova: Face to Face CS5540 HCI by Rich Riesenfeld Fall 2008

What is relevance to HCI ? - 1 Our face is an human-human interface Interfaces are complicated Interfaces are subtle Role in HCI for subliminal effects ? User response can be hard to judge Face hard to interpret, at times Fall 2005

What is relevance to HCI ? - 2 Cultural differences pertain to HCI design Useful HCI design info ? HCI diffs: Japan v. USA Humans have special processors Physiological principles pertain to HCI Human behavior principles pertain to HCI Fall 2005

What is relevance to HCI ? - 3 Human response is highly variable Inputs not accepted well in some excited states Understanding facial communications can lead to better HCIs Can we use this special processor? Fall 2005

What is relevance to HCI ? - 4 Nonverbal, nontextual communications can dominate effect Emotion has a role in interfaces How ? Some people have phobia Be aware of idiosyncratic behavior 13th floor? Fall 2005

What is relevance to HCI ? - 5 Face-to-Face is preferred to machine mediated communications What are design implications ? Anthropomorphic designs Evocative? Context plays significant role in human response Fall 2005

What is relevance to HCI ? Fall 2005

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What is relevance to HCI ? Fall 2005

What is relevance to HCI ? Fall 2005

What is relevance to HCI ? Cultural issues can pertain Fall 2005

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Effect of Function: Examples Bookmark Water faucets in a sink Manual gear shift: 4 on the floor Chords on a guitar: hard! Interface is dictated (confused) by needed function Pick up here... Fall 2005