Toward human-magic interaction: Interfacing biological, tangible, and cultural technology

Abstract

The ubiquitous and pervasive nature of computing fosters intimate relationships between humans and computers as the digital objects being entangled with “non” digital objects: biological, tangible, and cultural. We present the framework of the human-magical interaction, which defines the emerging interfaces as forms of “Magic” emphasizing the seamless interaction between humans and different technological mediums. To explore the framework of Human-Magic Interaction, we re-imagine the ecology of interactive systems and present three speculative technologies that demonstrate different aspects of the framework.