Wednesday, 14 November 2012

3 interactive exisiting products

Interactive product 1.

ATM.


Atm or automated telling machine or automatic telling machine is a cash machine which allows people to take finical transactions without a cashier.


The idea of ATM is to be a self-service in retail banking; the first ATM was in use in the early 1959 era in a shopping centre in

ATM’s or cashpoints are placed outside a banks for quick access instead of going into the bank itself, you can also have the ATM’s or cashpoints in small shops/corner shops, major supermarkets, airports, petrol stations and in restaurants. You can find these anyway today so you can make financial transactions so you won’t be stuck for money.
ATM’s are connected to a interbank network which then allows people to make and withdraw and also deposit money from the ATM or cashpoints not belonging to the bank that they are with. ATM’s reply on authorization of financial transactions by the card issue holder. Some ATM’s will charge you for using the ATM or cashpoint which apply to everyone using that certain ATM no matter what bank they are with.
ATM’s or cashpoint have other uses than just financial transactions, you can pay bills such as phone bills and taxes, printing bank statements of, topping up your mobile phone.



Interactive Product 2.


Google maps

Google maps are a web map application which is provided by Google, it powers mostly every map based services. It offers a street map view, a route guide for either travelling in car, bike, and public transport or even by foot.  Google maps images are from a satellite but these images are not updated with real time.

You can use Google maps for everyday use; you can use Google maps in a teaching environment so that a teacher can show students/pupils different places from around the world. You can use it for directions to look at street environment and establishments. Google maps can be useful for a hub of knowledge, so that the user can see the location of things in their area, also Google can also dot links to YouTube and information in your area that you are looking at.

Google maps was released in 2005, it is compatible for windows, Macs and mostly any other computer. It was sooner made for download as an app; people with android phones can use Google maps on their phone. Most people use Google maps to add it to their own.


Interactive product 3.

interactive tv.

 Interactive tv is a device  which allows a user/viewer to interact with the tv. The use of interactive tv is a different kind of interactivity which are both used as usage and teconogly.

The easiest form of interactivity with a tv is the common and well know remote which allows you to surf the channels and to pause and to rewind. Even though this is an type of interactivity, people claim that using a remote is like turning a page of a book so they claim turning the pages makes the book interactive.


Interactive television projects are consumer electronics boxes which provide set-top interactivity, while other projects are supplied by the cable television companies, multiple system operator or  a system-wide solution. Even other, newer, approaches integrate the interactive functionality in the TV, thus negating the need for a separate box. Some examples of interactive television include.

1 comment:

  1. This is a good description of 3 interactive devices/products. You have essentially described them but what would improve this aspect is if you were to talk more about the technology involved, the production process, the interface and also to compare and contrast them in terms of interactive principles

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