Level 8 Journal by Gavin Lockheart https://padlet.com/gavinlockheart/p7lld1ydi23m2hx5 User Interface en-us 2022-02-12 21:12:20 UTC 2022-03-19 18:56:51 UTC hello@padlet.com History of the Keyboard gavinlockheart https://padlet.com/gavinlockheart/p7lld1ydi23m2hx5/wish/2103174184 The keyboard was around before computers and electricity. Before there was the invention of the typewriter. With the design already in common use, it was a simple decision to make the keyboard for computers designed for the same purposes as a typewriter, office work and data recording. There were other designs of keyboards for computers of specific design and task, while the earliest computers had cards inserted into them and connection points made to compute.]]> 2022-03-19 18:47:50 UTC https://padlet.com/gavinlockheart/p7lld1ydi23m2hx5/wish/2103174184 Keyboards for languages other than those with arabic characters. gavinlockheart https://padlet.com/gavinlockheart/p7lld1ydi23m2hx5/wish/2103175295 There are many languages and there was a particular challenge for creating a keyboard for languages that have special characters and words that require symbols to be only slightly different than another. ]]> 2022-03-19 18:50:09 UTC https://padlet.com/gavinlockheart/p7lld1ydi23m2hx5/wish/2103175295 Video Game Controller evolution. gavinlockheart https://padlet.com/gavinlockheart/p7lld1ydi23m2hx5/wish/2103177019 Much like the keyboard the video game control has gone through many evolutions of subtle ergonomic or technical differences and capabilities. 
Some games in the last 20 years have been able to be played on phones, with in the last 10 years touch screen and "mobile games" being played without a control. There are many controllers now that can be paired with a smartphone allowing someone to have the controller experience on their mobile device, as mobile games become more advanced. ]]> 2022-03-19 18:53:33 UTC https://padlet.com/gavinlockheart/p7lld1ydi23m2hx5/wish/2103177019 Interactivity gavinlockheart https://padlet.com/gavinlockheart/p7lld1ydi23m2hx5/wish/2103178547 noun: interactivity
Two definitions.
the process of two people or things working together and influencing each other.

the ability of a computer to respond to a user's input.

With video games and internet we can interact with one another online, and create stories. As well as AI has become advanced enough to mimic and convince some people that they are working with another human being.

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