Blogs
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Toward affective social interaction in VR
Giulio Jacucci Posted: Mon, March 20, 2017 - 3:47:26
I first encountered VR in the late 90s, as a researcher looking at how it provided engineers and designers an environment for prototyping. After that I became more interested in…
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What kinds of users are there? Identity and identity descriptions
Aaron Marcus Posted: Mon, March 06, 2017 - 10:37:54
User-centered design of user-friendly products and services is based on the assumption that designers are aware of who the users are. Their understanding is embodied in typical user identities or…
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From stereoscopes to holograms: The latest interaction design platform
Posted: Tue, January 10, 2017 - 10:38:04
Shortly before the widespread availability of photographs in the first third of the 19th century, stereoscopes appeared. We’ve been flirting with portable, on-demand three-dimensionality in experience ever since. From Sir…
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Observations on finishing a book
Jonathan Grudin Posted: Tue, January 03, 2017 - 10:39:03
I’ve only posted twice to the Interactions blog in 8 months, but I’ve been writing, and frequently thought “this would be a good blog essay.” Minutes ago, I emailed in…
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Escape the room: A girl on a drip, a pizza slice, and a smartphone set to stun
David Fore Posted: Fri, December 23, 2016 - 9:56:39
One late autumn afternoon I found myself in an Ohio hospital room sitting with a teenage girl I'll call Orleans Jackson. She was spending her 15th birthday “getting poked full…
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A design by any other name would be so delightful
Monica Granfield Posted: Thu, November 10, 2016 - 11:46:08
Three or four years ago I attended the UXPA conference. The theme was "We’re not there yet." After 26 years as an Interaction, UI, and UX designer, my first reaction…
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Same as it ever was: Constitutional design and the Orange One
David Fore Posted: Tue, October 11, 2016 - 4:07:05
In politics, as in music, one person’s stairway to heaven is another’s highway to hell. Proof is in the polls: Americans across the political spectrum believe the country is headed…
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Thailand: Augmented immersion
Jonathan Grudin Posted: Thu, September 08, 2016 - 5:29:47
Our first day in Thailand, we visited the Museum of Regalia, Royal Decorations and Coins. Case after case of exquisite sets of finely crafted gold and silver objects from successive…
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The map is the territory: A review of The Stack
David Fore Posted: Wed, August 03, 2016 - 4:18:39
From that phantom vibration to that reflex to grab your own rear, you are responding to the call of The Stack… From the virtual caliphate of ISIS to the first…
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The joy of procrastination
Jonathan Grudin Posted: Mon, July 11, 2016 - 11:37:43
I have long meant to write an essay on procrastination. Having just been sent a link to a TED talk on a virtue of procrastination, this seems a good time…
