MX: Reading Response #3

Moving from cinema to the computer screen was greatly influenced from the military and radar system. I thought that this was really interesting how they made connections between cinema and radar, how it sends live information to the viewer. The SAGE system and the invention of the light pen really opened up a new way of human-interface interaction. The fact that this opened up new possibilities of that made it possible to directly affect reality through the interaction of the light pen with different radar 'dots'. The computer screen opened up new meaning to a virtual reality. Being a rectangle, that we look through into a new world, that is limited by the parameters of the rectangle led to more innovative approaches to virtual reality where the rectangle is completely eliminated. I thought that this pertained to new web-cam interaction interfaces similar to what Ian is doing for his website. Where you are actually in reality touching something that is live in virtual reality, and bring the two together in a unique way. These types on interactions is what keeps pushing new technologies of interaction design.