An Encompassing View on Tangible Interaction: A Framework: RESPONSE

An Encompassing View on Tangible Interaction:  A Framework:

This article talked about the design process in both digital and physical systems. It talked about a data centered view, an expressive movement centered view and space centered view in design. The Data centered view defines tangible user interfaces as utilizing physical representation and manipulation of digital data, offering interacting coupling of physical artifacts with computationally mediated digital information. The Expressive Movement centered view emphasizes bodily interactions with objects, exploiting the "sensory richness and action potential of physical objects", so that "meaning is created in the interaction. The Space centered view focuses on combining real space and real objects with digital displays or sound installations. Tangible interaction as we understand is giving physical form to digital information. To start designing something with tangible interaction, you must start with the frameworks. A framework systematically maps out an abstract design space with showing the human interaction experience in it. The framework should focus on the social interaction experience. The social interaction and collaboration is the most important feature of tangible interaction. There are four types of tangible interaction. 
These are: Tangible Manipulation, Spatial Interaction, Embodied Facilitation, and Expressive Representation. These are all good areas to study when attempting to expand the use of technological externalization. Externalization is if users can think and talk with or through objects, using them as props to act with. Are physical and digital representations seemingly naturally coupled? Willow glass is a great new invention where touchscreen flexible glass can be attached to any surface thus expanding ones technological mind with tangible manipulation working with spatial interaction. Refrigerators and table tops will be wirelessly connected to you phone making technology more ubiquitous in our everyday environment.