INTERFACE

INTERFACE

1. GUI

   • interface that allows users to interact with electronic devices through graphical icons and visual indicators such as secondary notation, instead of text-based user interfaces, typed command labels or text navigation

2. COMMAND LINE

   • the user (or client) issues commands to the program in the form of successive lines of text (command lines).

3. PEN

   • Enable people to write, draw, select, and move objects at an interface using lightpens or styluses

4. CONSUMER ELECTRONIC AND APPLIANCES

   • Everyday devices in home, public place, or car
   • personal devices

5. MULTIMEDIA

   • Combines different media within a single interface with various forms of interactivity

6. SPEECH

   • Where a person talks with a system that has a spoken language application, e.g. timetable, travel planner

7. AUGMENTED AND MINDED REALITY

   • Augmented reality - virtual representations are superimposed on physical devices and objects Mixed reality - views of the real world are combined with views of a virtual environment Many applications including medicine, games, flying, and everyday exploring

8. BRAIN COMPUTER

   • Brain–computer interfaces (BCI) provide a communication pathway between a person’s brain waves and an external device, such as a cursor on a screen

9. ROBOTS AND DRONES

   • A robot is a machine—especially one programmable by a computer— capable of carrying out a complex series of actions automatically
   • Drones - An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), commonly known as a drone, is an aircraft without a human pilot aboard.

10. WEB

    • Concern was with how best to structure information to enable users to navigate and access it easily and quickly

11. TANGIBLE

    • When a person manipulates the physical object/s it causes a digital effect to occur, e.g. an animation

12. SHAREABLE

    • Shareable interfaces are designed for more than one person ; to use provide multiple inputs and sometimes allow simultaneous input by co-located groups

13. HAPTIC

    • Tactile feedback - applying vibration and forces to a person’s body, using actuators that are embedded in their clothing or a device they are carrying, such as a smartphone

14. INFORMATION VISUALIZATION DASHBOARD

    • Computer-generated interactive graphics of complex data
    • Dashboard - Show screenshots of data updated over periods of time - to be read at a glance

15. MOBILE

    • Handheld devices intended to be used while on the move
    • Have become pervasive, increasingly used in all aspects of everyday and working life

16. AIR BASED GESTURE

    • Uses camera recognition, sensor and computer vision techniques

17. TOUCH

    • Touch screens, such as walk-up kiosks, detect the presence and location of a person’s touch on the display
    • Multi-touch support a range of more dynamic finger tip actions, e.g. swiping, flicking, pinching, pushing and tapping

18. WEARABLE

    • Applications include automatic diaries, tour guides, cycle indicators and fashion clothing