CS401A's Finals: Human-Comp. Interact Module 09

Question 1

HCI Technologies

refers to a

group of technologies that are used as a base upon which other applications, software, systems, and processes are developed.

Answer 1

Computing Platform Technologies in HCI

Platform

refers to a

Question 2

HCI Technologies

These can be viewed as

toolsets for developing and operating customized services.

Answer 2

Computing Platform Technologies in HCI

Platform

These can be viewed as

Question 3

HCI Technologies

These are some examples of technological platforms

(Spacey, 2019):

Answer 3

Computing Platform Technologies in HCI

• Computing Platforms
• Database Platforms
• Web Platforms
• Game Platforms
• Media Platforms
• Mobile Platforms
• Robotics
• Analytics
• Security

Question 4

HCI Technologies

refers to a

specific hardware (computing device) and software (operating system) on which an application or software can be run.

Answer 4

Computing Platform Technologies in HCI

Computing platform

refers to a

Question 5

HCI Technologies

conforms to a

set of human-computer interaction (HCI) standards that enables software developers to create interactive systems and applications.

Answer 5

Computing Platform Technologies in HCI

The computing platform

conforms to a

Question 6

HCI Technologies

allow application programs to

run on multiple platforms

Answer 6

Computing Platform Technologies in HCI

New standards-based interfaces and open interfaces

allow application programs to

Question 7

HCI Technologies

have developed tools that

enable applications to run on multiple platforms

(Technopedia, n.d.).

Answer 7

Computing Platform Technologies in HCI

Computing platform
while

software developers

have developed tools that

Question 8

HCI Technologies

The importance of \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ and \_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (\_\_) for mobile and handheld interaction is continuously increasing.

Answer 8

Mobile and Handheld Interaction

The importance of usability and user experience (UX) for \_\_\_\_\_\_ and \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ is continuously \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.

Question 9

HCI Technologies

as represented by smartphones, is a

crucial point where two (2) notable trends are converging:

Answer 9

Mobile and Handheld Interaction

A mobile device,

as represented by \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_, is a

\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_ where two (2) \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_\_ are \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_:

multimodal interaction and cloud-based services

(Kim, 2015).

Question 10

HCI Technologies

There are \_\_\_ (_) commonly used devices in mobile and handheld interaction:

Answer 10

Mobile and Handheld Interaction

There are two (2) \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ in \_\_\_\_\_\_ and \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_:

• Smartphone
• Tablet

Question 11

HCI Technologies

— It is a combination of a

mobile phone and a handheld computer into a single device

(Beal, 2015).

Answer 11

Mobile and Handheld Interaction

• Smartphone

— It is a combination of a

Question 12

HCI Technologies

This device has a built-in personal information management programs typically found in a personal digital assistant and an operating system that allows mobile applications to be installed.

(Beal, 2015). && (such as electronic calendar and address book) && (PDA) && (OS)

Answer 12

Mobile and Handheld Interaction

• Smartphone

This device has a

Question 13

HCI Technologies

can be used for

Web browsing, sending e-mails, playing music, video streaming, text messaging, etc.

(Hosch, 2018)

Answer 13

Mobile and Handheld Interaction

Smartphones

can be used for

Question 14

HCI Technologies

— It is a computer that is intermediate in size between a laptop computer and a smartphone.

Answer 14

Mobile and Handheld Interaction

• Tablet

— It is a computer that is

Question 15

HCI Technologies

\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ and \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ basically have the same functionalities.

Answer 15

Mobile and Handheld Interaction

Tablets and smartphones basically have the same \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.

Question 16

HCI Technologies

Early models of \_\_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ used either a

keyboard or a stylus for information input, but then these input methods were subsequently displaced by touch screens

(Gregersen, 2019).

Answer 16

Mobile and Handheld Interaction

• Tablet

Early models of

tablet computers

used either a

Question 17

HCI Technologies

Therefore, systems and applications utilizing high-end cloud services with high-performing servers can now facilitate various HCI-related computations, such as the following

(Kim, 2015):

Answer 17

High-End Cloud Service and Multimodal Client Interaction
* Multimodal integration
* Context-based reasoning
* User characteristics deduction
* Large-scale and multi-user tracking
* Usage pattern analysis
* Big data gathering

Question 18

HCI Technologies

— This refers to the ability of a digital computer or a computer-controlled robot to perform tasks commonly associated with human intelligence.

Answer 18

High-End Cloud Service and Multimodal Client Interaction
Artificial Intelligence

Question 19

HCI Technologies

It is frequently applied in developing systems endowed with intellectual processing characteristics of human, such as the ability to reason, discover meaning, generalize, and learn from previous experience

(Copeland, 2019):

Answer 19

High-End Cloud Service and Multimodal Client Interaction
Artificial Intelligence

Question 20

HCI Technologies

— This pertains to any service made available to users via the Internet from a cloud computing provider’s server, instead of being provided by a company.

Answer 20

High-End Cloud Service and Multimodal Client Interaction
High-End Cloud Service

Question 21

HCI Technologies

It is designed to provide an easy and scalable access to applications, resources, and services, and is managed by a cloud provider

(Beal, n.d.).

Answer 21

High-End Cloud Service and Multimodal Client Interaction
High-End Cloud Service

Question 22

HCI Technologies

\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ make multimodal client interaction more feasible.

Answer 22

High-End Cloud Service and Multimodal Client Interaction
High-End Cloud Service
High-end services

Question 23

HCI Technologies

— This complements different operation restrictions.

Answer 23

High-End Cloud Service and Multimodal Client Interaction
Multimodal Client Interaction

Question 24

HCI Technologies

This has also been an active research ground in the academic world, beginning with the first pioneering multimodal interactive system developed by \_\_\_\_ \_\_ \_\_\_ at \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ \_\_ \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (\_\_\_) in the early \_\_\_\_\_.

Answer 24

High-End Cloud Service and Multimodal Client Interaction
Multimodal Client Interaction
Bolt et al.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
1980s

Question 25

# **HCI Technologies** greatly involves natural language processing, which can be divided into `___` (`_`) processes:

Answer 25

**Natural/Immersive/Experiential Interaction** **Language understanding** two (2) processes: *word recognition* and *sentence understanding*.

Question 26

# **HCI Technologies** One good application of `________ _____________` is voice recognition.

Answer 26

**Natural/Immersive/Experiential Interaction** language understanding

Question 27

# **HCI Technologies** is the ability of a machine or program to receive and interpret dictation or to understand and carry out spoken commands.

Answer 27

**Natural/Immersive/Experiential Interaction** **Voice recognition**

Question 28

# **HCI Technologies** This system enables consumers to interact with technology by speaking, which allows users to perform hands-free requests and other simple tasks.

Answer 28

**Natural/Immersive/Experiential Interaction** **Voice recognition**

Question 29

# **HCI Technologies** gained prominence and use with the rise of AI and intelligent assistants such as Amazon's Alexa, Apple's Siri, and Microsoft's Cortana ## Footnote (Techtarget, 2018).

Answer 29

**Natural/Immersive/Experiential Interaction** Voice recognition

Question 30

# **HCI Technologies** play an important role in human communication. It can convey a specific meaning, or it can supplement other modes of communication.

Answer 30

**Natural/Immersive/Experiential Interaction** **Gestures**

Question 31

# **HCI Technologies** The main objective of incorporating `________` into HCI is to engage users into a more natural interaction.

Answer 31

**Natural/Immersive/Experiential Interaction** **Gestures**

Question 32

# **HCI Technologies** can either be from the *human perspective* or from a *technological viewpoint*.

Answer 32

**Natural/Immersive/Experiential Interaction** **Gestures**

Question 33

# **HCI Technologies** An example of how `_____ ________` are integrated into a system is motion tracking ## Footnote (Kim, 2015).

Answer 33

**Natural/Immersive/Experiential Interaction** human gestures

Question 34

# **HCI Technologies** assists in tracking the movement of objects or humans and transferring the sensed data to an application that contains stored motion templates.

Answer 34

**Natural/Immersive/Experiential Interaction** **Motion tracking**

Question 35

# **HCI Technologies** It enhances human-computer interaction, plays a vital role in computer animation of a 3D model, and requires specific hardware and software programs to capture and process large amounts of data.

Answer 35

**Natural/Immersive/Experiential Interaction** **Motion tracking**

Question 36

# **HCI Technologies** This technology is used in military, entertainment, sports, medical applications and robotics ## Footnote (Technopedia, n.d.).

Answer 36

**Natural/Immersive/Experiential Interaction** **Motion tracking**

Question 37

# **HCI Technologies** **Natural/Immersive/Experiential Interaction** Other examples of natural/immersive/experiential interactions: ## Footnote (Technopedia, n.d.).

Answer 37

○ Microsoft Kinect ○ Nintendo Wii ○ Immersive teleconferencing ○ Virtual reality training and education

Question 38

# **HCI Technologies** — It is the use of technology to create a simulated environment.

Answer 38

**Mixed and Augmented Reality** * **Virtual Reality (VR)**

Question 39

# **HCI Technologies** places the user inside an experience instead of images or videos on a screen.

Answer 39

**Mixed and Augmented Reality** (VR) **Virtual Reality**

Question 40

# **HCI Technologies** Users are immersed and able to interact with 3D objects by stimulating as many senses as possible, ## Footnote such as vision, hearing, touch, and even smell.

Answer 40

**Mixed and Augmented Reality** * **Virtual Reality (VR)**

Question 41

# **HCI Technologies** But it is only limited in terms of availability of content and computing power ## Footnote (Bardi, 2019).

Answer 41

**Mixed and Augmented Reality** * **Virtual Reality (VR)**

Question 42

# **HCI Technologies** — This technology is an interactive, reality-based environment that uses the capabilities of a computer to generate natural or realistic display, sound, text, and effects to enhance the user's real-world experience.

Answer 42

**Mixed and Augmented Reality** * **Augmented Reality (AR)**

Question 43

# **HCI Technologies** combines reality and computer-based scenes and images to deliver a unified and enhanced view of an environment ## Footnote (Technopedia, n.d.).

Answer 43

**Mixed and Augmented Reality** * **Augmented Reality (AR)** AR

Question 44

# **HCI Technologies** **Mixed and Augmented Reality** These are the following types of AR being used in different industries today ## Footnote (RealityTechnologies.com, n.d.).:

Answer 44

AR **(Augmented Reality)** ○ **Marker-Based AR** ○ **Markerless-Based AR** ○ **Projection-Based AR** ○ **Superimposition-Based AR**

Question 45

# **HCI Technologies** — This type of AR uses image recognition technology, which uses a camera and a visual marker to produce results when the reader senses the marker. ## Footnote (such as QR/2D code) && (smartphones and tablets)

Answer 45

**Mixed and Augmented Reality** ○ **Marker-Based AR**

Question 46

# **HCI Technologies** — It is one of the most widely implemented applications of AR that uses GPS, digital compass, velocity meter, and/or accelerometer embedded in a device to provide data based on the user's location.

Answer 46

**Mixed and Augmented Reality** ○ **Markerless-Based AR**

Question 47

# **HCI Technologies** — This technology works by projecting light to real-world surfaces.

Answer 47

**Mixed and Augmented Reality** ○ **Projection-Based AR**

Question 48

# **HCI Technologies** It allows human interaction by sending light onto a surface and then detecting human interaction, such as touch, by differentiating an *expected projection* to an *altered projection* | (caused by user's interaction).

Answer 48

**Mixed and Augmented Reality** ○ **Projection-Based AR**

Question 49

# **HCI Technologies** **Mixed and Augmented Reality** — Object recognition plays a vital role in this type of AR.

Answer 49

○ **Superimposition-Based AR**

Question 50

# **HCI Technologies** It either partially or fully replaces a real-life object with a newly augmented view of the same object.

Answer 50

**Mixed and Augmented Reality** ○ **Superimposition-Based AR**

Question 51

# **HCI Technologies** — It is a result of blending the physical world and the digital world, resulting in a "hybrid" environment.

Answer 51

**Mixed and Augmented Reality** * **Mixed Reality (MR)**

Question 52

# **HCI Technologies** Interactive virtual objects are mapped to the physical environment, blending the `____` and the `_______`.

Answer 52

**Mixed and Augmented Reality** * **Mixed Reality (MR)** real virtual

Question 53

# **HCI Technologies** requires awareness of the geometry of the environment around the user, using it as a canvas to create an immersive content that is defined by the space the user is in. All these proccess are made possible through a headset or headgear ## Footnote (Rogers, 2018).

Answer 53

**Mixed and Augmented Reality** **Mixed Reality (MR)** MR