Natural User Interfaces Are Not Natural. Note: This was published as part of my bi-monthly column in the ACM CHI magazine, Interactions.
I urge you to read the entire magazine -- subscribe. It's a very important source of design information. Great Examples of Interactive Architecture. While you need a lot of creativity to create a website or an advertising campaign, design can also be combined with something else: architecture.
If you thought following a grid system is difficult, imagine interactive architects prototyping large buildings or interior designs in order for them to interact with people. It is definitely not an easy task. What is Interactive Architecture? Interactive architecture is a field of architecture and construction featuring objects which change according to how the user interacts with them. New Design Practices for Touch-free Interactions. Touch interaction has become practically ubiquitous in developed markets, and that has changed users' expectations and the way UX practitioners think about human–computer interaction (HCI).
Now, touch-free gestures and Natural Language Interaction (NLI) are bleeding into the computing mainstream the way touch did years ago. These will again disrupt UX, from the heuristics that guide us, to our design patterns and deliverables. HCI Is Getting "All Shook Up" Home - oblong industries, inc.