Imagine an AI that wouldn't sass you when you're sounding glum or one that would speed through an interaction when you're sounding harried.
Maybe it's when you're talking to a particular friend or roaming the art gallery (interaction); when you're driving down the open highway or cycling to work (movement); walking among trees or napping on a dock (nature); or sitting in reflective silence or when the stereo is cranked and the lights are low (contemplation).
As he put it, "[It's] not that social media replaces or reduces the need for human interaction, but when you're forced into a situation that specifically prevents human interaction, social media becomes your best alternative".
You can stick it directly to the display on the Surface Studio, for direct interaction, and when you take it off, a surrogate digital version pops up on-screen.
And it also has haptic feedback, through five actuators in the fingertips that give you a buzz interaction, so when you're picking up an item, you can feel yourself grabbing it, and when you're letting go, you can feel it leaving your hand".
When you talk to friends you exchange equal amounts of social interaction, and when you buy something you exchange equal value with money and product.
But it's difficult to truly predict the flow of an interaction, especially when you don't really know the person.
According to the video advertising this much-needed new social interaction hardware, when you match green with someone, you proceed to make out on the dance floor like you're in an ad for gin.
Instead, it's made up of many small, fragmented stories – snapshots of the intimacy and interactions as experienced when you're positive.
