I think it’s fascinating to reflect on how much progress we’ve made in terms of integrating hand-detection technology into everyday devices, which feel quite seamless and intuitive. Hands were and still are the primary means of interaction across so many devices. It’s almost second nature to use gestures to navigate or manipulate digital spaces, and hand-based interactions are practically embedded into our muscle memory. I remember being impressed by Apple’s raise to wake function, where the device responds to being picked up or set down. This interaction, though subtle, demonstrates the extent to which technology can now “read” our intentions through physical movement alone. It creates a natural, almost invisible interaction layer that feels practical in the sense that it anticipates the user’s needs without requiring a button press.
Also I love how he just writes a response to the comments. Looking back at the early days of blogging, it’s amazing to see how it created a platform for public discourse and enabled personal voices to connect. Blogging sparked what was perhaps the first truly global online community, which also reminds me of the previous discussion of how designers should stand in the shoes of the users when building the interactions. Many of the interactive and social principles of that era laid the groundwork for today’s principles of interactive art.