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

2. 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
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3. 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
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4. 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?
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5. 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?
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6. 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
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7. What is relevance to HCI ?
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8. END - PBS Nova: Face to Face

9. What is relevance to HCI ?
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11. What is relevance to HCI ?
Cultural issues can pertain
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12. Pick up here...
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13. Effect of Function: Examples
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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...
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