Smart Interactive Packaging as a Cyber-Physical Agent in the Interaction Design Theory: A Novel User Interface

Abstract

The emerging infrastructure of cyber-physical systems consisting of everyday items, as product's packaging, and advanced digital communication devices opens a new digital dimension for interaction and user experience. Consequently, the concept of human-packaging interaction goes beyond the pragmatic aspects of physical packaging attributes, and, in turn, embraces the potentials of ICT systems. Due to the new forms of human-packaging interactive systems, designers have to address the relevancy of the interaction design and the complexity in the relationship between consumer behavior and interactive system design, i.e. digitally-enhanced packaging. Therefore this research aims to describe the digitallyenhanced packaging as a digital interactive system in regards to the theories of human-computer interaction, interaction design, and user-centered design. In this paper, the critical elements of the interactive packaging design are described. This study concludes that for the interactive systems to be effective and used, designers have to find ways to a reward-based interaction that would persuade users to take actions.

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“…11 There is information about the production of FMCGs in factories, as well as their management and sale in the retail sector, 12 but little is known about how consumers utilise these products inside households. Building upon an understanding of the use of FMCGs in practice, this study seeks to apply that information to provide insights that can lead to creating designs providing features that benefit consumers and society, 13 developing novel digital dimensions for interaction and user experience 14 and making products which are more likely to be smoothly integrated into their practical context of use. 15 The purpose of this research is therefore to obtain a detailed understanding of interactions with and the actual usage of FMCGs in practice and to reflect on how such understanding might serve to later guide the design of enhanced FMCGs.…”