PUC theme issue: material interactions

摘要

With the advent of smart materials, ubiquitous computing, computational composites, interactive architectures, the Internet of Things, and tangible bits, HCI has increasingly recognized the role that non-computational materials play. As IT gets embedded in everyday objects, vehicles, and buildings, interaction design becomes not only a matter of designing interaction with digital objects but about how material arrangements work to create user experiences. What Robles and Wiberg call "the material turn" in HCI has foregrounded both the materials from which we design interaction, and the design practice for giving form to material compositions under the notion of "craft." As a direct consequence, "the material turn" is also a turn toward material interactions.