Evolving methods of human interactions

Abstract

Technology provides a way to communicate, and the desire to communicate, both with other humans and with forms of technology itself, is clearly one of the strongest factors in the directions in which devices have been developing. In this paper, we specifically address the interaction technology developed facilitating human-human communication. As we survey this technical field patterns emerge just as devices or technologies were developed, and rejected. The desire to provide similar functionality on the go has led toward a degree of homogeneity of user experiences which just a few years ago were quite different. As we look at this from a complex systems point of view and review what has happened over a larger period of time, we propose that the desire to communicate has always been a main attractor and a driving force of development of technologies as we summarize how sensorial interactions have been added to technology and/or devices. Our analysis shows that rejection of technology is based on how the product is perceived, and that it is not easy to predict as an attractor, as successful products in this case can result in cascading effects and non-linear focus of similar technology.