Interacting With Urbanity

نویسندگان

  • Anders Mellbratt
  • Nils Wiberg
چکیده

3.2 Levels of resolution We use the metaphor of radiation to determine the "value" of certain content. Therefore, one can adapt one's sensitivity to radiation according to how deep into the layer's structure one wants to venture. This makes the "web" fully adaptable to individuals' interests and emotive states. But also, it enables exploration through the use of different resolution levels, both on the part of the sender and the receiver. Although the sender/receiver model will seize to be the primary descriptor; it will leave the once monolithic structure where the producer/consumer discrepancy saturated people's mental models. [2]

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • IxD&A

دوره 3-4  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2008