PART 5

• SITUATED DISPLAYS • displays in ‘public’ places (display or interactive)
• HERMES • small displays beside office doors • Handwritten notes left using stylus • office owner reads notes using web interface
• DIGITAL PAPER o thin flexible sheets o updated electronically o but retain display
• 3D SPACE

  COCKPIT AND VIRTUAL CONTROLS

  3D MOUSE

  DATA GLOVE

  VR HELMETS

  WHOLE BODY TRACKING
• SIMULATORS AND VR CAVES • scenes projected on walls • realistic environment • hydraulic rams • real controls • other people
• DEDICATED DISPLAYS -ANALOGUE REPRESENTATIONS -DIGITAL DISPLAYS -HEAD-UP DISPLAYS
• SOUND OUTPUT • beeps, bongs, clonks, whistles and whirrs • used for error indications • confirmation of actions e.g. key click
• TOUCH AND FEELING • in games … vibration, force feedback • in simulation … feel of surgical instruments • called haptic devices
• TEXTURE, SMELL, TASTE • current technology very limited
• EVEN OUR OWN BODIES • iris scanners, body temperature, heart rate, galvanic skin response, blink rate
• SENSORS ALL AROUND US • car courtesy light ultrasound detectors • RFID security tags in shops • temperature, weight, location