The Web Gets Real: Designing for the Internet of Things

Sure, sure, multi-screen design is a must-have as we try to cram our content into many different screens. But get ready for the next wave of design: no screen at all. As everything becomes connected, a new kind of interaction design is emerging to help us transfer not only data but behavior, control and intent between the physical objects and smart devices in our lives. With a rich trove of examples, this talk explores the passive cues and active gestures that turn us into wizards slinging bits and bytes between gadgets.

Grab content from thin air and throw it into your tablet. Flick content from one device to another. Create a pied-piper cloud of data that follows you through mere proximity. This new class of physical offscreen interaction is enabled by technology that’s already in our pockets, handbags, and living rooms. That means it’s not a challenge of technology but of imagination. Time to start thinking in an entirely new way about what you do and where the web is headed.