Interaction

It's the experience, stupid! (and always has been)

When you recall significant events in your life, what is it you remember? The experience  -- the whole of emotional, intellectual, physical, and/or spiritual reactions you felt.

At vivid, we strive to develop meaningful human experiences for the online medium. Such experiences are supported by content, visual design, and especially, interaction design.

What is an experience?

Think about what matters the most to you. Chances are, the experiences you most value are very similar to what people valued 100 years ago -- spending time with friends and family, falling in love, finding an outlet for creative expression, having a job you enjoy. Although the means have changed, the same core experiences are still important.

We apply our understanding of experience to spread information in meaningful ways, to foster community online, and to give people the opportunity to share their own ideas and receive feedback from others.

The process for this is explained in Nathan Shedroff's
A Unified Field Theory of Design.

Control & Feedback

 

Creativity & Productivity

(Hint: These are the same thing)

Co-creativity

Examples:
Calculators
Frivolous Playthings
Storytelling
Tests and Quizes
Personals Services

Communication
Identification
Communication
Community
Storytelling

Examples:
Discussion Groups (moderated)
USENET Groups
Chat/IRC
Feedback
MUDs
Commentary
Graffitti Walls

Adaptivity
Audience Needs
Audience Skills
Audience Desires
Audience Behavior
Time
Place

Examples:
Games
Personalized News Servers
Cameras

Interactive Sites:

Info Servers/Agents

Fishwrap Custom Newspaper
The Krakatoa Chronicle
- An Interactive, Personalized, Newspaper on the Web
Deja News Research Service
Digital Library Project (Stanford)
IP Address to Latitude/Longitude
Firefly Music Recommendations
Calendar Maker
Anonymous Remailer Interface
Web Hunter Filtering System
Bay Area Restaurant Guide
Real-Time Traffic Reporting
Online Stargazer Map
Online Weather

Productivity

Internet Gallup Polls
Browser Checkup
Stock Market Quoter
Currency Converter
Universal Life Church Ordination Form

Resources

Institute for the Learning Sciences

Toys/Games

Zippifyer
Zarf's List of Interactive Games on the Web
Light-Brite
Mr. Edible Starchy Tuber Head homepage
Anagram Server
I Ching Server
Carlos' Coloring Book
Rome Labs Snoball Canon
Postcards on the Net
Internet Fish Project
The Dysfunctional Family Circus

Cameras/Devices

Mark's list of Internet Interactivity
Yahoo's list of devices connected to the Net
Fish Cam

Personals Services

Match.com
Web Personals

Next step: Compatibility

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