The impact of HCI on Society

Improved usability:

One way HCI has impacted society is that it has improved the usability of devices by reducing the specialized knowledge to use a device to the point were learning how to use a device is fairly simple, for example touch screens and voice control, as shown in the video below.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ciagGASro0

this video shows how voice controlled devices can be used and intergrated into everyday life and also shows how people with bad eyesight or people who are blind can use the device because of its audio descriptive feature.

 

Touch screens have improved the usability of devices by making the devices more user friendly, this is because  most touch screen devices only have a couple of buttons and the majority of the interaction with the device is done through the touch screen as you can have a wider variety of buttons on the screen.
You can see a video of a touch screen in the video below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CL9MbEM2N4o&feature=related

touch screen tables like the MicroSoft Surface could revolutionise advertisment in places like Bars and Cafes as items of food and drink could show advertisement for the product when rested on the device as shown in the video, and could also allow multiple users to use it and search the internet at the same time.

Speech recognition systems have also improved the usability of devices, as speech recognition technology can allow a person to use a device while performing another task like driving, an example of devices that use speech recognition are Satellite navigators, smart phones and computers.
An example on speech recognition in use can be seen in the link below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z01zyfB0CrA

this video also shows how voice controlled devices can be used and intergrated into everyday life, as shown in the video where a savnav is operated by voice controll makeing it safer to use as the driver can keep there attention on the road.

 

Specialised interfaces:

Another way H.C.I has impacted society is that it created specialised interfaces for hostile environments or hospitals and created interfaces for people with disabilities an example of one of these devices is a hand free motion capture devices like the Microsoft Kinect which turns the user into the controller, as shown in the video below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2qlHoxPioM

The Kinect was originally designed for gamming but in some hospitals it has been used by doctors to interact with medical equipment like monitors showing CT scans and other medical information without having to scrub up again after using it saving valuable time during operations.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5Ep3oqicVU

 

Eye recognition systems are specialised interface for people who have amputated arms or people who can't move because of a genetic disorder or they are paralysed, the eye recognition system will allow those people to use their eyes to interact with technology.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvNmne6uxAg

Complexity:
the final way H.C.I has impacted society is that it has increased the complexity of devices an example on complex interfaces is Augmented reality, the way that augmented reality works is that reality markers are placed in front of a device that has a camera that can read the reality markers then the reality marker will display an image on the screen of the device. augmented reality and reality marker have mostly been used for games but in some news papers and magazines are also starting to use reality markers within their articles which could allow a reader using a device to watch a report on the news story or to get more information on the story in the article.
To get more information on augmented reality click on the link below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqxF2Vdkyxw

 

To see how augmented reality is used in newspapers and magazines.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zmzOsRbT3g

Augmented reality could revolutionise advertisment acrross the world, agmented reality markers could be placed in things like magazine as shown in the video, this would make the magazines more dynamic and interesting and could convey more information to readers by displaying videos.