Archive for June, 2005

How does one enable the mutual or reciprocal action between a person and a computer. There are many who’d argue that one finds such reciprocal action today. Typing on the keyboard, seeing the typed letters appear on the screen and altering what one types depending upon what one sees on the screen (typos) provides a sufficient example. However, when one looks past such a superficial interaction towards Continue reading

in-ter-ac-tive ( n t r- k t v)
adj.

1. Acting or capable of acting on each other.

2. Computer Science. Of or relating to a program that responds to user activity.

Interaction - Interaction is a response experience in which both actor and reactor are engaged in a mutually affecting experience. This means that the system is comprised of two interactive partners. In the case of interactive media, one partner may Continue reading