Perspectives and Application of OUI Framework with SMaG Interaction Model

Abstract

OUI (Organic User Interface) together with NUI (Natural User Interface) and TUI (Tangible User Interface) falls under the field of Ubiquitous Computing, aiming to give the digital life a deeper human sense. Accordingly, we presented an OUI framework for designing OUIs to formalize the input and output interaction techniques for OUI users, and discuss it based on novel perspective of the organic interaction possible styles. We enhance the SMaG (Speech/ Manipulation/ air-Gesture) interaction model for organic interaction styles, in addition to our OUI design principles and design-specific guidelines in a perspective based on the usability aspects of the look, feel and design. Moreover, we propose a new usability model in this paper to enable measuring and testing the usability standards of organic systems, in which we called the 3Es usability model, referring to Efficiency, Enjoyment and Easiness.Finally, we developed the ’OUI Sketcher’ application as a case study for our proposed OUI framework and thus applying and testing the SMaG model. OUI Sketcher enables the user to create sketch figures and geometric drawings with all three OUI natural interactions (voice commands, touch and air-gestures) as interaction techniques, to apply the SMaG model perspectives and measure the usability standards against our OUI framework, using the 3Es usability model.