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The MSM framework: A design space for Multi-Sensori-Motor systems

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Human-Computer Interaction (EWHCI 1993)

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One of the new design goals in Human Computer Interaction is to extend the sensory-motor capabilities of computer systems to better match the natural communication means of human beings. This article proposes a dimension space that should help reasoning about current and future Multi-Sensori-Motor systems (MSM). To do so, we adopt a system centered perspective although we draw upon the “Interacting Cognitive Subsystems” psychological model. Our problem space is comprised of 6 dimensions. The first two dimensions deal with the notion of communication channel: the number and direction of the channels that a particular MSM system supports. The other four dimensions are used to characterize the degree of built-in cognitive sophistication of the system: levels of abstraction, context, fusion/fission, and granularity of concurrency. We illustrate the discussion with examples of multimedia and multimodal systems, both MSM systems but with distinct degrees of built-in cognitive sophistication.

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  1. IMAG, Laboratoire de Génie Informatique, B.P. 53 X, 38041, Grenoble Cedex, France

    Joëlle Coutaz, Laurence Nigay & Daniel Salber

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  1. Joëlle Coutaz
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Leonard J. Bass Juri Gornostaev Claus Unger

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Coutaz, J., Nigay, L., Salber, D. (1993). The MSM framework: A design space for Multi-Sensori-Motor systems. In: Bass, L.J., Gornostaev, J., Unger, C. (eds) Human-Computer Interaction. EWHCI 1993. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 753. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-57433-6_52

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