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Interaction
and Design
February 12-13, 2003
The Fairmont Hotel
San Jose, California
Index to Papers
The URLs are offered for reference to the original web-based documents, or to documents available on the TTI/Vanguard web site. The page length may vary slightly, based on your browser settings.
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The Emergence Engine: A Behavior Based Agent
Development Environment for Artists |
The author, part of the Emergence Team at UCLA with speaker Rebecca Allen, describes the Emergence Engine, a system which allows designers to create complex virtual 3D environments filled with artificial life that reacts and responds to a multitude of situations and interactions. (6 pages)
www.ttivanguard.com/sjreconn/emergenceengine.pdf
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Emotion and Design: Attractive Things
Work Better |
Speaker Don Norman suggests that good design means that beauty and usability are in balance. He provides a thought-provoking discussion of affect and design, affect and behavior, and their implications for design. (7 pages)
www.ttivanguard.com/sjreconn/emotiondesign.pdf
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Affect and Machine Design: Lessons for the
Development of Autonomous Machines |
The authors discuss how cognition and affect work together to provide guidance for the design of complex autonomous systems that must deal with a variety of tasks in a dynamic, often unpredictable, and sometimes hazardous environment. (10 pages)
www.ttivanguard.com/sjreconn/affectdesign.pdf
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The Mothmobile |
A toy car driven by a moth? Speaker Steven Bathiche and Jeff Bloomquist built such a vehicle with the hope of developing a wheelchair that handicapped people can control with the electrical impulses generated by the twitch of a facial muscle. (2 pages)
http://www.discover.com/july_issue/gthere.html?article=breakmothmobile.html
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Designed Chaos - An interview with David
Kelley, founder and CEO of IDEO |
In this interview and profile, IDEO co-founder David Kelley talks about how he got started in product design, management style, corporate structure (or the lack thereof) at IDEO, and the effect on innovation. (5 pages)
http://www.va-interactive.com/inbusiness/editorial/bizdev/articles/ideo.html
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Interview with Mike Nuttall |
IDEO co-founder Mike Nuttall reflects on what goes into good design, product simplicity, intelligent wardrobes, convergence, flexible displays, and the color of the future. (4 pages)
http://news.com.com/1200-1120-975450.html
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VR Webcams: Time Artifacts as Positive Features |
We would be mistaken, suggests Michael Naimark, to believe that virtual reality and webcams are compatible suppositions. He then gives details of experiments with a grounded camera in order to create virtual reality webcams. (4 pages)
http://www.naimark.net/writing/vrwebcam.html
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Child's Play |
Speaker Ralph Osterhout has designed everything from $10 toys to multi-million dollar secret minisubs. In this interview, he discusses toys, what children want from toys, toys and technology, and how he came to design underwater equipment for the U.S. Navy. (5 pages)
http://www.ttivanguard.com/sjreconn/childplay.pdf
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CyberTheater Visits Skywalker Sound: Gary
Rydstrom Interview |
In a wide-ranging interview, speaker Gary Rydstrom discusses various aspects of sound in movies, including panning, the use of surrounds, ambiance mixing, compression comparisons, and home surround reproduction. (11 pages)
http://www.cybertheater.com/News_Views/Rydstrom/rydstrom.html
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Junior Web Designer Creates Internet Sites
for the Stars |
He's 17, has a 4.0 GPA, plays basketball, and designs websites for high-profile businesses. Speaker Max Oshman has also authored two books on Flash technology. (2 pages)
http://www.montclairtimes.com/page.php?page=4235
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Webby Awards To Add New Business Event |
Speaker Tiffany Shlain talks about the Webby Awards and a new event for 2003, the Webby Business Awards, in which companies will be recognized for using the web effectively as business tool. (4 pages)
http://www.webtalkguys.com/article-webbybiz.shtml
ADDITIONAL LINKS:
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Emergence |
Speaker Rebecca Allen has been creating and exhibiting a series of interactive art installations that explore concepts of human presence, artificial life and behavior. One interacts through innovative sensory interfaces while immersed in a projected three-dimensional virtual environment. This work utilizes a PC-based software system called Emergence developed by Allen's research team with a grant from Intel Corporation. She is now experimenting with the integration of virtual and physical environments to create a unique experience of simultaneous realities.
http://emergence.design.ucla.edu
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Don Norman's JND Website |
This site contains essays, interviews, and recommended readings from speaker Don Norman.
http://www.jnd.org
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M A E D A S T U D I O |
Maeda Studio develops advanced concepts for digital and paper media. Review work by artist and speaker John Maeda.
http://www.maedastudio.com/
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Michael Naimark |
Michael's site contains information about all his projects and selected writings related to his work.
www.naimark.net
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The Webby Awards |
Everything you ever wanted to know about the Webby Awards.
http://www.webbyawards.com/main/
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Ralph Osterhout Lecture |
A lecture from December, 2000 at Stanford University by Ralph Osterhout in which he explores trends in the toy industry, and the dramatic impact technology is having on it. Technologies covered include: microprocessors, advanced voice recognition, voice morphing, text-to-speech, sensors, communications, remote-control, robotics and the role of the Internet.
http://murl.microsoft.com/LectureDetails.asp?704
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Adventures in the Toy Trade |
An older yet fascinating profile of Ralph Osterhout, part boy genius, part James Bond, and part Josh Baskin (from the movie Big).
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/7.11/osterhout.html
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