[-empyre-] Martin Rieser on Screen/Interface

[Simon Biggs]

But a key argument of the month's theme is that the screen is rarely just a screen anymore - that is no longer a window but an interface. This is part of what often makes the screen (inter)active. Interfaces are on topic, so don't stop now...

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Simon


On 12 Jul 2012, at 14:17, Laura Lotti wrote:

> 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
>>> 
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Dr. Mathias Fuchs
>>>  European Masters in Ludic Interfaces
>>>  The University of Salford
>>>  http://ludicinterfaces.com
>>> 
>>> Vertr. Prof. Visuelles Denken und Wahrnehmen
>>>  Universität Potsdam, Institut für Künste und Medien
>>>  Am Neuen Palais, Haus 2, Zimmer 108
>>> 
>>> Residential Address: Ratiborstrasse 18
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>> 
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> Martin Rieser
>> 
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>> De Montfort University
>> IOCT: Faculty of Art Design and Humanities
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>> 
>> 
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>> 
>> 
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