If we think about the city as an operating system, what would the digital interfaces through which we interact with the city look like? This talk walks through a series of experimental prototypes and discusses challenges and design lessons learned through their deployment in urban space. Slides for my UX Australia 2014 talk More info: http://uxaustralia.com.au/uxaustralia-2014/third-wave-interfaces-city-apps

1. WHEN THE CITY
BECOMES THE
INTERFACE: FROM
THIRD-WAVE
INTERACTION TO
CITY APPS
Photo by Flickr user alexkess | www.flickr.com/photos/akc77/4418420343/
MARTIN TOMITSCH @martintom

2. 2
TECHNOLOGY

3. DESKTOP
APPS
MOBILE
APPS
CITY
APPS
Susanne Bødker: When second wave HCI meets third wave challenges

4. CITY APP PROTOTYPES

7. 1 IN SITU
INFORMATION
2 INTERACTION
MECHANISMS
3 MATERIAL
FIDELITY

8. REAL-TIME

9. REAL-TIME Rahmen et al.: Users’ views on current and future
real-time bus information systems

10. MAKING VISIBLE

11. MAKING VISIBLE

12. Figure 3.20: User input for bus arrival
Once each submission has been recorded and sent, the list of reports is feedback for the newly added information.
SENSING

13. 1 IN SITU
INFORMATION
2 INTERACTION
MECHANISMS
3 MATERIAL
FIDELITY

14. ACTIVE REACTIVE INTERACTIVE
Giannetti, C. (2004). Asthetik des Digitalen: Ein intermediärer Beitrag zu
Wissenschaft, Medien- und Kunstsystemen

15. REACTIVE PROXEMICS
Greenberg, S., Marquardt, N., Ballendat, T., Diaz-Marino, R. and Wang, M.:
Proxemic Interactions: The New Ubicomp?

16. INTERACTIVE GESTURES

17. INTERACTIVE GESTURES
SOCIAL EMBARRASSMENT

18. PLAY

19. PLAY
Tomitsch et al.: Who cares about the Content? An
Analysis of Playful Behaviour at a Public Display

21. INTERACTIVE TOUCH

22. INTERACTIVE TOUCH
RETROFITTING

23. SUPERPOWERS
© 2003 WARNER BROS. - U.S., CANADA, BAHAMAS & BERMUDA.2003 VILLAGE ROADSHOW FILMS (BVI) LTD - ALL OTHER TERRITORIES

25. SHADOW
MONSTERS
BODY
MOVIES
www.artejournal.com/2013/04/artist-of-note-philip-worthington.html www.lozano-hemmer.com/body_movies.php

26. WITHOUT
SUPERPOWERS
WITH
SUPERPOWERS

27. 1 IN SITU
INFORMATION
2 INTERACTION
MECHANISMS
3 MATERIAL
FIDELITY

28. LOW-FI PARTICIPATORY ADAPTIVE

29. DELAYED UPDATES

30. PHYSICAL AESTHETICS

32. http://streetpong.info
LOCATION

33. #FAIL

34. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Copenhagen_Metro_escalators.jpg#mediaviewer/File:Copenhagen_Metro_escalators.jpg

35. POKA
YOKE
OCHI
YOKE

36. OCHI YOKE

37. ON OFF

38. There is more information available at
our fingertips during a walk in the
woods than in any computer system,
yet people find a walk among trees
relaxing and computers
frustrating.
MARK WEISER, 1991

39. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtpEXgtOcwY
3.6b people
living in cities
52% of the
world’s population
7b by 2050
http://www.drive.com.au/roads-and-tra!c/buses-the-big-killers-of-pedestrians-in-sydneys-cbd-road-safety--manager-20140130-31p31.html

40. INFOSTRUCTURE A T R A N S P O R T R E S E A R C H P R O J E C T
G A R D N E R H A E U S L E R T O M I T S C H
http://www.projectfreerange.com/freerange-press/infostructure/
I N F O S T R U C T U R E GARDNER
HAEUSLER
TOMITSCH

41. SMART
CITY INFOSTRUCTURE A T R A N S P O R T R E S E A R C H P R O J E C T
http://ultimosegundo.ig.com.br/brasil/rj/2012-05-03/ig-visita-o-centro-de-operacoes-do-rio-de-janeiro.html
G A R D N E R H A E U S L E R T O M I T S C H

42. CREDITS
Neighbourhood Scoreboards: With Andrew Vande Moere, Monika Hoinkis,
Elmar Trefz, Silje Johansen, Allison Jones, Josh Mcinerheney, Damien Kwan |
http://neighbourhoodscoreboards.com
Mediawall: With Anthony Collins, Judy Kay, Chris Ackad, Oliver Dawson |
http://chai.it.usyd.edu.au/Projects/Mediawall
Share Your Power: With Tobias Ebsen and Oliver Dawson
Solstice LAMP: With Ollie Bown, Luke Hespanhol, Miriama Young, Reuben
Young | http://www.amplifyfestival.com.au/solsticelamp
TetraBIN: Original idea by Steven Bai, with support from Sam Johnson |
http://tetrabin.net
Transport interchange: With Hank Haeusler, Tim Tompson, Eliot Rosenberg,
Sean Bryen, and based on original ideas by Frederik Goertelmeyer, Minshuo
Li, Adam Smith, Lachlan Sutherland, Vivyan Wu, Nailah Masagos, Alyanna
Agda | http://responsivetransport.org
TripStats & What The Bus apps: Original idea by Tamara Chahine

43. @martintom