[-empyre-] Martin Rieser on Screen/Interface

[Laura Lotti]

Dear Martin, Charlie, Mathias, Simone

Thank you all for your comments on this matter.

In accordance to what Mathias says:

"My experience was that I was switching from using the piece via
screen mode or interface mode. Once I was in the cinematic mode I
forgot moving the mouse, and when I was in the interface and control
mode I lost the cinematic experience"

could we then assume that an interface has more to do with the
exploration (and production?) of space - both computational, as in the
ro.me example, and physical (e.g. GPS and AR navigational tools) -
whereas the screen has more to do with representation (from cinema, to
advertising, TV, etc)?

To use the metaphor of a car, the dashboard is an interface, while the
windshield is a transparent screen that enframes a portion of
'reality'. However, soon we may be able to experience driving in this
way: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjnbiaY1JCE

Could we then understand interfaces - with their focus on both
interaction and representation - as the paradigm underlying
contemporary technological developments?

Sorry to keep turning the conversation towards the concept of
interfaces, this will be my last take on the subject!

Thanks again

Laura


2012/7/11 Martin Rieser <martin.rieser at gmail.com>:
> Well, it is analagous to many games in that you can turn and view or walk
> through 3D scenes and to films in that the linear actions  are unaffected by
> your interaction, but  play out in front of you. I found I could enjoy both
> modes without a jump, but that does not mean that it is a seamless medium.
> The example is really to show the potential for HTML5 to develop these
> scenarios, which can easily be locked on to GPS data and projected
> dimensionally across real landscapes.
>
> Martin
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 9:36 AM, Mathias Fuchs
> <mathias.fuchs at creativegames.org.uk> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Martin,
>>
>> I just looked at the ro.me example you pointed us towards. My experience
>> was that I was switching from using the piece via screen mode or interface
>> mode. Once I was in the cinematic mode I forgot moving the mouse, and when I
>> was in the interface and control mode I lost the cinematic experience.
>> Is the dual character of such pieces then a to and from much more than a
>> synchronicity of screen and interface?
>>
>> Reminds me of 90ies Broadcasting experiments in Austria where you could
>> swap channels to get another viewpoint in a murder mystery.
>> The users did either enjoy the channel hopping or they just stayed on one
>> channel and version and watched and watched.
>>
>> Mathias on Rieser's
>>
>>> interactive cinema and online games, where the screen is both cinematic
>>> surface and interaction space-take
>>
>>
>> --
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>>   European Masters in Ludic Interfaces
>>   The University of Salford
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