It's kinda of exciting- in a nerdy little way- to muse about the future applications of good interactive design. To sort of wonder and dream about the direction of interaction/interactivity technology, just to imagine the way people will be using fridges, cars, phones and newspapers.
Already its easy for anyone familiar with common technology devices such as doorbells and laptops to see ways to improve the functionality and experience you can have with it. It might be simple little things like you wish the off button was in a different space, or the menu was a slightly different colour. Alternatively you could have quite an imagination, and your really hanging out for the totally outlandish laptops with built in projectors, that produce images you could interact with, or doorbells which are actual animated doorknobs, that talk- ala' harry potter or Disney.
Those are all exciting probability's for the future of technology and interaction design- but the most exciting thing to keep in mind is that the technology required for such things- tiny LED projectors, holographic projectors, decent voice recognition software, feedback response systems- they are already here- and if there not well- give them another 5 years.
We have the technology- we just need the insight and creativity to apply it. Plus maybe a bit of money too.
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