Amber Case on Modern UIs and the Importance of Quiet Technology

Published: Dec. 19, 2016, midnight

b'This is the Engineering Culture Podcast, from the people behind InfoQ.com and the QCon conferences.\\n\\nIn this podcast recorded at QCon San Francisco 2016, Shane Hastie, InfoQ Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Amber Case, Cyborg Anthropologist.\\n\\nCase explains why VR is an important step along the way to Augmented Reality, how technology needs to fit in with social norms, and why calm technology is so important.\\n\\nWhy listen to this podcast:\\n\\n - We are all cyborgs now\\n - There is a clear sequence for a technology to be accepted in society, and trying to leapfrog the steps results in failure\\n - The value of calm technology to overcome the shock of so many devices competing for our attention in different ways\\n - The importance of security and safety in the always connected technology world\\n - The risks, downfalls and benefits of technology in human lives\\n\\nNotes and links can be found on InfoQ: http://bit.ly/amber-case\\n\\n1m:40s - Starting with VR to create new experiences and use them to learn about the potential of the new technologies\\n\\n2m:00s - The importance of starting with a technology that fits in with the current social norms and expand slowly into new frontiers\\n\\n2m:10s - The hype and excitement around AR made us forget the normal order \\u2013 get VR working well first then move on to AR\\n\\n2m:55s - The value of games as a way to socialise the new technologies\\n\\nQuick scan our curated show notes on InfoQ: http://bit.ly/amber-case\\n\\nYou can also subscribe to the InfoQ newsletter to receive weekly updates on the hottest topics from professional software development. bit.ly/2cMnjfW'