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The human body as interface, and a new language of interaction
As it stands, we have moved through a few core paradigms in terms of how we interact with computers and software. From the earliest days of physical levers and punchcards, through text (DOS etc.), onto the GUI and windows/Mac OS type interfaces, and recently now touch, gesture and voice.
These last three have signalled a major shift towards a more natural way of interacting - making use of the kinds of behaviours we understand intuitively, either because we have evolved to perform them, or because we learn them from a young age, as useful behaviours in a range of contexts.
Touch interfaces are able to mimic real world interfaces, as was the case in the original skeumorphic design trends apparent in Apple iOS apps. These leveraged our immediate recognition of physical buttons and controls and our intuition to use touch to control them.
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Joseph C Lawrence is a columnist for www.memeburn.com.
