"Will architectural spaces be able to incorporate interactivity, unpredictability and motion in order to serve as a kinetic interface, communicating stories of the activities of its inhabitants?" Farahi muses.
Whether it's a hot dating app or a system for planning molecules (a true story), interface designers must treat the process of creating a new app as if they were creating a new toy.
Not a week after we derided Brightcove for its difficult user interface in a story about newly emerged competitor Delve Networks, the Cambridge-based video hosting company is releasing a completely rebuilt version of its service into private beta.
Comparing the PC version to Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Graphic Adventure, reviewers from French magazine Génération 4 praised the game's story, interface, and humor, stating that it was "beautifully done"; however, one reviewer commented that the developers ripped the graphics from Indiana Jones.
The app will support several age ranges too: 5-8 year-olds will use a playful programming interface with music, stories and animation, while kids aged eight and up will get their hands dirty with programming languages Scratch and Blockly.
Amazon also just launched a kids reading app called Rapids, which uses a messaging-like interface to tell stories.
In fact, don't be surprised if Facebook's 'AdWords' equivalent — a self-service Sponsored Stories interface — is coming next.
Adults in particular had a hard time understanding the app, leaving them vulnerable to competitor Instagram that built a more obvious Stories interface and that already had an easy-to-use feed that's popular with adults.
Surprisingly, each type of narrative interface used remains cohesive to the story and never feels superfluous.
Perhaps the most notable and long-lasting example of this is the story of Interface Carpets.
