Continuity in human computer interaction

ABSTRACT

Novel interaction techniques, such as gesture, speech, body expression recognition, haptic devices, and video, are characterized by the significance of the temporal aspects of interaction. Those techniques, especially when used in combination, require thinking of interaction over time intervals rather than at discrete points.The concept of Continuity in HCI is intended to distinguish these technologies because their modeling requires notions from continuous mathematics.Currently, knowledge relevant to the design of continuous interfaces is spread over many different disciplines such as theatre arts, semiotics, cognitive psychology, linguistics and various technically oriented disciplines in an often ad hoc and unrelated way. There is no theory of continuous interaction that can guide designers in a systematic way in the development of interfaces employing continuous technologies.

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INDEX TERMS

Keywords:
continuous interaction, design methodologies, novel technologies, reference models