HOMEWORK DAY07 RAPHAEL

Reflections:

A- What are the possibilities for interaction that you can envision? 

Recalling on the videos in which visual presentations will change based on people’s actions in front of camera, I would say with processing + arduino we can build some interactive media that takes user action change as input and dynamic varying digital representations in processing as output.

B- What are some of the benefits of controlling physical elements with computational media and of controlling screen-based computational media through physical interaction? 

The feeling of response through physical interactions. In the process of learning the world around them, people are always seeking for active changes made by their interactive behaviors. Among all kinds of interactive behaviors, physical ones will provide the most sense of “reality”. For example, when people are trying to find ways to open the door, they can try that by hitting a button in front of them or touch a screen somewhere else. Personally believed people will get more excited if they found they can interact with the button (because I know some people are complaining about the loss of sense of reality by interacting with the flat screens) since they did not just got feedback from changes from the door, but from the haptic responses. Same logic here – physical elements provide better sense of “real interaction” to players, being more “real” than virtual interaction interfaces like screens.

C- Can you think of real-world applications that take advantage of communication between the physical and screen-based computational media?

Keyboard, mouse and monitors. Buttons on phone. Some entertainment facilities like punching machines.