What is Interaction?

http://hci.sapp.org/lectures/verplank/interaction/

Had my first one to one tutorial with my tutor today and what followed was a manic research session on 'interaction'. So the first thing I did was go on wikipedia and typed 'Interaction' and proceeded from there. Found many sources and listed down a couple of annotations and topics which I thought would be of interest to my proposal:

Augmented human interaction - The Wii, the Kinect, constantly evolving so might feature in my research - however my project will not be based on this. I want to focus on aesthetics as well not just interaction.

Interaction as an experience - This will definitely feature in my research as this is what I want to create.

Human computer interaction

Donald Arthur Norman - wrote 'Emotional Design' a type of Affective Interaction Design - but he doesn't really focus on aesthetics. He puts emphasis on the needs of the user (User-centered design).

Affective Interaction Design - A type of Interaction Design used to influence positive emotions / reactions from users - great! Except I want to do the opposite - can this type of Interaction therefore, be utilised to get 'negative' responses from the user...

My title has developed into "Can affective interaction design be employed to influence a user-directed Dionysian experience?"

User-direction has now taken a new meaning in my project - I want the user to have more control. I'm looking at my project as a 'Responsive Environment'. I do not want the user to merely do something with the program. I want the program to adapt and change depending on what the user does. So if the user chooses a type of experience, the program will react in one way, and if the user chooses a different experience, the program will react in a different way. This will also lead me to research HCI. Today was a heavy day for my brain - but also very exciting. I'm eager to see where this is going to take me.

Some sources I have looked at today (need to look at some of them in more detail)

http://www.id-book.com/chapter1.htm

http://arielwaldman.com/2010/08/23/a-semantic-exploration/

http://www.dubberly.com/articles/what-is-interaction.html

http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/introducing_interaction_design

http://www.orangecone.com/d3_2010_information_is_a_material_0.2.pdf

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human-computer_interaction

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotional_design

http://www.designinginteractions.com/interviews

http://www.interaction-design.org/encyclopedia/

http://hci.sapp.org/lectures/verplank/interaction/