Over the years with technology increasing everyday there have been so many different devices that have been created and introduced to the world. These devices all have completely different screen sizes which interaction designers have had to adapt to and ensure their content fits every device. This means that everything created for one device has to be altered to fit every single other device on the market.
From the start of web creation, websites have always been adaptable and responsive to all kinds of devices. Although designers would of had to create solutions for large amounts of content to fit all devices.
A great expression that I find very fitting to this , Content has to fit and mould to all different devices with all different screen sizes. The rise in technology has increased the number of sizes of screens there is now. Starting with the computer, to small flip phone, to a smart phone, tablet, smart watch and now the rise in VR. It is very unpredictable to know the next big device that designers will have to adapt to. The range in sizes of these devices have been extremely difficult to adapt to, such as the Apple Watch, that has grown in popularity in recent years. The screen for a watch is so small you would imagine the amount of content that you can read on the screen is barley a sentence. However, designers have designed content to fit extremely well.
With the rise in technology and constant changes in devices the fundamentals of design has never changed. Over the last couple of weeks we have been learning and applying the fundamentals of design to our own work. Below are the individual fundamentals.
The Future Interfaces Group is currently exploring the combination of machine learning and creative sensor applications to discover new ways of interacting with computers beyond voice and touch. Key technologies that still lack standardized interfaces include smartwatches, AR/VR, and the Internet of Things.
The Meta verse is the next evolution of social connection, it is basically a fake reality where you can enter a digital world and create connections and comunicate with people you are not physically in the same place as. Similar to the internet or social media, however you create a person/character that enters this digital world for you. Enabling you to walk, run, cycle, drink, express emotions and more. The Meta Verse enables you to go to any place or any time period to talk to anyone creating connections with people you have never met before.
