Sunday, March 21, 2010

Interactive Design

Definition

Interactive design defines the behavior of a system when it is being controlled by a user within different environments, eg Biological, technological, and online . Research is usually carried out before taking on the design project to identify what is important and relevant to the user, and what design elements can be utilized in the best way to communicate efficiently to the user. New technologies are becoming more complicated, so designers aim to minimize this by increasing functionality and efficacy without taking away value of the technologies functionality.

Examples

Examples of interactive design can be anything where a design process has undergone to create a user friendly interface of some kind to help users use the technology.

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  • Google Earth


Google Earth is a good example because there are thousands of different ways in which users can change, and interact with the program so that they can view what they are cooling for in different ways. Eg. In 3d, street view, underwater, view in weather, time of day etc.

  • Socialvibe



Socialvibe is an incredible interactive webpage because it allows everyday people give to charity simply for doing surveys, putting badges with advertisement on their pages, and completing task with other users around the world.

Bennyb

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