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HCI. What is it all about? Where is it going?

Human-computer interaction has a very important role nowadays. It is most likely that we will tend to be more and more connected, computerized, digitalised and augmented in the future. To bear all those challenges we need to reflect and explore technologies as well as humans and natural environment. Based on transdisciplinary approach, HCI has a potential (or duty?) to analyse and contribute to implementation of all those prospective developments in very sensitive way integrating conclusions and theories from other fields. In my opinion, it is about meaningful designing and transforming ways and channels of interaction or communication in society through digital technologies. It is a situation when human, driven by rational or irrational motivations and tasks, meets sophisticated and highly structured machine or system. HCI specialist creates the walkthrough. We could ask questions like: “Why do people use this structure?”; “How to organize stuff?”; “What about consequences of developing this app?”

According to human factors and ergonomics research background, I would also emphasize strong focus on users and their needs. Not only in sense of business profit ensured by e.g. desirability, but also to help them and ease adaptation or usage. It is necessary to take into account social responsibility and ethics in the process of development since computers and gadgets are personal and massively distributed. That’s the point which is sometimes overlooked. The field deals with great and sometimes fantastic visions but also greater responsibility, I would say.