Khadi

j
aAmi
nUmar
I
TC1203LECTURETHREE
I
ntroducti
ont
oHumanComput
er
I
nteract
ionHCI
Intoday ’
sworld,t
echnologyhaspermeat edev er
yaspectofourlives,from
smar tphonestosmar thomes.Howev er,
t he 
evoluti
onoftechnology wasonl y
possiblewithcareful
l
yconsideri
nguserexper i
ence.Thisiswherehuman- comput
er
i
nteraction(HCI)comesi nt
oplay.HCIisaspeci ali
zedfi
eldofstudyandr esear
ch
focusingoncr eat
inguser-f
ri
endl
yandi nt
er act
ivehumancomput erinterf
aces.Int
his
arti
cle,wewi l
lbecoveringall
aspect
sofHCI .

Whati
sHumanComput
erI
nter
act
ion?
HCI,whichstandsf orHuman- Comput erInter acti
on, referst ostudy i
nganddesi gni
ng
howhumansi nteractwithcomput er
sandot hert echnological systems.It
encompassesunder st
andi nguser s’
behav iour ,needs, andpr ef
erencesand
designi
nginterf
acesandi nteracti
onsthatar eintuiti
v e,eff
icient,andenjoyable.HCI
i
nvolvesamul ti
discipl
inaryappr oach,drawi ngf rom psy chol ogy,design,comput er
sci
ence,ander gonomi csfields.Byconsi deringf actor ssuchasusabi li
ty,
accessi
bil
ity
,anduserexper ience,HCIaimst ocr eateuser -centredtechnologythat
enhanceshumancapabi li
ties,ulti
matelyimpr ovingt hei nt
er act
ionand
communi cati
onbet weenhumansandmachi nes.

Br
iefHi
stor
y
Human- computerinteract
ionisaf i
eldofstudyt
hatcoul
dbemorecutt
ing-edge.I
t
wasf i
rstst
udiedandusedi nt helate1970sasasubfiel
dofcomput
erscience.Fr
om
thatpointf
orward,thissubjecthelpsbr eakdownhumanbehavi
ourt
oaddr essa
porti
onofsociety’
smostdi ff
iculti
ssues.

I
mpor t
anceofHumanComput
erI
nter
act
ioni
n
Technol
ogy
 SinceHCIwi l
lber equir
edforpr oductstobemor esuccessful,
safe,benef
ici
al,
andfuncti
oning,itiscruci
al.Itsincorpor
ationenhancesuser s’enj
oyment.
Thusnecessitat
ingt heinvolvementoft eam member swit
hHCIexper ti
seto
beinvol
vedatal lstagesofdev elopinganypr oduct/
system.Mor eover
,Human
-ComputerInter
act i
onhelpspr eventproductsori ni
ti
ati
vesfrom fai
li
ng.
 Iti
sessenti
al whendev elopingsi mple,i
ntuit
ivesyst
emst hatcanbeusedby
 peoplewit
hav ar
iet
yofski ll
sandexper t
ise,aswellast hosewi t
houtformal
tr
aini
ng.Byuti
li
zi
ngourcommonsenseunder standi
ngoft hewor l
d,HCI
i
ncreasesever
yone’
sunder st
andi ngofanduseofsof twareandgadget s. 
 Every
onehasusedr ealpaperf oldersinthei
rdailyl
ives.Ther ef
oreshowinga
pi
ctureofoneinacomput er’
sinterfacemakesi teasierfortheuserto
underst
andwhatiti
sf or.Finall
y,theusershouldn’thavet obeconcer ned
aboutthesyst
em’scompl exityifiti
swel l
-desi
gnedempl oying 
HCI pr
inci
ples.

SI
GNI
FICANCEOFHCI

Technol ogyhaschangedourdailyrouti
nesandl iv
esi nthemodernwor l
d.To
experienceHCItechnol
ogy,youdonotneedasmar tphoneorcomput er
.When
someoneusesanATM, snackmachi ne,
orf ooddispenser,HCIisal
way s
present.Thisi
sbecausehuman- computerinteract
ion( HCI
)playsacruci
al
rol
eindesi gni
ngandensuringtheeffect
ivenessoft hesesystems’user
i
nterfaces.

The7pr
inci
plesof
 human-
comput
eri
nter
act
ion 
are:

1.Uti
li
zebothy ourment al
andwor l
dlyknowl
edge
2.St
reaml i
ningtaskstruct
ures 
3.Makeev eryt
hingclear
4.Maket hemappi ngaccurate
5.Conv er
tli
mitati
onsintobenefi
ts
6.DesignforMi st
ake
7.St
andar di
zeifeveryt
hingelsefai
l
s

HumanComput
erI
nter
act
ioni
nDi
ff
erentI
ndust
ri
es
HCI 
i
salarge,div
ersefiel
dencompassi
ngseveral
disci
pli
nesandt
echnol
ogy.
Al
mosteveryelementofourli
vescanbenef
itfr
om theuseof 
Human-Comput
er
I
nter
act
ion 
pri
nciples,
incl
udi
ng: 

 Ourconnect
ionswithcomputer
sandsmart
phones.
 Thecreat
ionofint
ri
catesy
stemsfori
ndust
ri
alcont
rol
,tr
anspor
tat
ion,
and
heal
thcar
e.

Exampl
esofhuman-
comput
eri
nter
act
ioni
ncl
udeasf
oll
ows:

1.I
nter
netofThi
ngs

Thesesyst
emscancommunicat
ewitheachotherandwi
thhumansbycombi ni
ng
di
git
alsyst
emswit
hphysi
cal
devicesl
ikesensor
s,act
uat
ors,
andotheri
ntel
l
igent
devi
ces.
2.Ey
e-t
racki
ngt
echnol
ogy

Thi
stechniquetr
acksandexami neseyemovementsusi
ngspeciali
zedcamerasand
al
gori
thms.Thet echni
quecanbeusedbydesigner
sandacademi cstocomprehend
howusersinter
actwi t
hint
erf
aces,suchast
hoseonwebsit
es,software,
and
physi
caldevi
ces.

3.Technol
ogyf
orspeechr
ecogni
ti
on

Softwar
ethatcanrecogni
zeandunder
standhumanspeechi susedi
nthi
s
technol
ogy.User
scancommuni cat
ewit
hgadget sandsystemsusi
ngnat
ural
l
anguagebyspeakingcommandsordictati
ngtext,
forexample.

5.Cl
oudcomput
ing

Theprocessofint
eracti
ngwithacomputersy
stem t
oaccessr
esour
cesand
ser
vicesovert
heinterneti
sknownascloudcomputi
ng.
 

Cont
ri
but
ionofHumanComput
erI
nter
act
ion
1.Heal
thcar
eIndust
ry:
Human-
machi
nei
nter
facedesi
gni
smor
epr
eci
seand
ri
gorousint
hehealt
hcareindustr
y.Duet
oitsmoni toringandreferencedut i
es,
medicalmonit
ori
ngequipmentrequir
esmor eexactandaccur ateexpressionand
quickandsi
mpleoperat
ion.Consequent
ly,
theinterfacedesignformedi cal
monitori
ngequi
pmentiscrucial
forhuman-computeri nter
acti
on. 

2.Educat
ionI
ndust
ry

Bydetermini
ngwhatai dseducat i
onalappl
icationsandpl atf
ormsinv i
sual
izing
content
, 
HumanComput erInteract
ion 
pavedt hewayf orthedevelopmentof
alt
ernat
iveandadvancedmet hodsforimplement ingtheconceptofe-lear
ning.Asa
resul
t,i
tmadeitpossibleforstudentsandt heireducati
ont ohaveeasyaccessi n
thei
rhomesduringquar anti
neandt oeducat i
onal materi
alsatanytime.

3.Ent
ert
ainmentI
ndust
ry

Theent ertainmenti ndustryisimpl ementingHCI -basedsy stemst oprovideuser s

withimmer siveandengagi ngexper i
ences.Itmakesi tconcei vabletohav eintui
ti
ve
encount ersinent ertainmentmeccas, hi
storicalcentres,anddi ffer
entspot s.Guests
uset ouchscr eenki osks,gest urerecognit
ion, andv oicecommandst ointeractwith
exhibit
sorr idesi mul ator
s.Al so,newcompani esarecr eatingVRheadset sthat
util
i
zesensor stof ol l
owt hecl i
ent’
sdev el
opment sandshowv i
rtualconditi
ons
continuously .Topr ov i
demor eintuit
iveexper i
encesi nlargercr owds,otherst ar
t-
ups
developaugment edr eali
tyappst hatov erlaydigitalcharactersori nf
ormat i
onont o
l
iveev entsorper f
or mances.HCIi salsoincr easinglybeingusedbyt hef i
lmi ndustr
y
tocapt ureact ors’orper f
or mers’mov ement sandconv ertthem intomot ion-
based
digi
talanimat i
ons.
RoleofHCIinImpr
ovi
ngEf
fi
ciencyandUser
koSati
sfact
ion
 Systemsdesi gnedtobeef fecti
veensureemploy eesf eelateaseusi ngthem
forthei rdail
ywork.With 
Human- ComputerI
nter action,fr
amewor ksar enot
challengingt odealwit
h,inanyev ent,
forundevel opedst aff.
 Clientfulfil
mentisasignifi
cantpartofhuman- PCcommuni cati
on( HCI)–ifa
cli
enti sn’tful
fi
ll
ed,t
heper sonprobablywon’tutilizesuchaf r
amewor k.
Ther efore,forHCIappl
icationstorespondappr opr i
ately,
itisessent i
alto
recogni zeusersati
sfacti
on.

Inconclusion,Human-ComputerInteraction(HCI)isavit
alfi
eldthatfocuseson
under st
andingandimprovi
ngthei nteractionbetweenhumansandt echnology.HCI
professional
sstri
vetodesi
gninterfacesandi nt
eract
ionsthatareuser -
fr
iendly
,
effi
cient,andenj
oyabl
e,consi
deringf actorssuchasusabilit
y,accessibi
li
ty,anduser
exper
i  
ence.