NDLI: Blended Interaction: understanding natural human–computer interaction in post-WIMP interactive spaces

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Jetter, Hans Christian Reiterer, Harald Geyer, Florian
Copyright Year	2013
Abstract	We introduce Blended Interaction, a new conceptual framework that helps to explain when users perceive user interfaces as “natural” or not. Based on recent findings from embodied cognition and cognitive linguistics, Blended Interaction provides a novel and more accurate description of the nature of human–computer interaction (HCI). In particular, it introduces the notion of conceptual blends to explain how users rely on familiar and real-world concepts whenever they learn to use new digital technologies. We apply Blended Interaction in the context of post-“Windows Icons Menu Pointer” interactive spaces. These spaces are ubiquitous computing environments for computer-supported collaboration of multiple users in a physical space or room, e.g., meeting rooms, design studios, or libraries, augmented with novel interactive technologies and digital computation, e.g., multi-touch walls, tabletops, and tablets. Ideally, in these spaces, the virtues of the familiar physical and social world are combined with that of the digital realm in a considered manner so that desired properties of each are preserved and a seemingly “natural” HCI is achieved. To support designers in this goal, we explain how the users’ conceptual systems use blends to tie together familiar concepts with the novel powers of digital computation. Furthermore, we introduce four domains of design to structure the underlying problem and design space: individual and social interaction, workflow, and physical environment. We introduce our framework by discussing related work, e.g., metaphors, mental models, direct manipulation, image schemas, reality-based interaction, and illustrate Blended Interaction using design decisions we made in recent projects.
Starting Page	1139
Ending Page	1158
Page Count	20
File Format	PDF
ISSN	16174909
Journal	Personal Technologies
Volume Number	18
Issue Number	5
e-ISSN	16174917
Language	English
Publisher	Springer London
Publisher Date	2013-10-18
Publisher Place	London
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Blended Interaction Post-WIMP Natural user interfaces Ubiquitous computing Computer-supported cooperative work Blends User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction Computer Science Personal Computing
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Management Science and Operations Research Library and Information Sciences Computer Science Applications Hardware and Architecture

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1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
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3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
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