The Application I want to develop
I think of an application (mobile or desktop) that supports the Four (4) different interaction types in Human Computer Interaction which is the Instructing, Conversing, Manipulating and Exploring.
But first let me define what are the Four (4) different interaction types in Human Computer Interaction.
According to our lap module in the subject Human Computer Interaction.
**Instructing** : issuing commands using keyboard and function keys and selecting options via menus.
Where users instruct the system and tell it what to do (e.g. tell the time, print a file, save a file)
Very common conceptual model, underlying a diversity of devices and systems (e.g. CAD, word processors, VCRs, vending machines)
Main benefit: instructing supports quick and efficient interaction good for repetitive kinds of actions performed on multiple objects
**Conversing** : Interacting by as if having a conversation.
Like having a conversation with another human
Range from simple voice recognition menu-driven systems to more complex ‘natural language’ dialogues
Examples include timetables, search engines, advice-giving systems, help systems
Differs from instructing in that it is more like two-way communication, with the system acting like a partner rather than a machine that obeys orders
**Manipulating** : Interacting with objects by manipulating them.
Exploit’s users’ knowledge of how they move and manipulate in the physical world
Virtual objects can be manipulated by moving, selecting, opening, and closing them
Tagged physical objects (e.g., bricks, blocks) that are manipulated in a physical world (e.g., placed on a surface) can result in other physical and digital events
**Exploring** : Moving through a virtual environment or a physical space.
Exploring
Involves users moving through virtual or physical environments
Examples include:
– 3D desktop virtual worlds where people navigate using mouse around different parts to socialize (e.g., Second Life).
– CAVEs where users navigate by moving whole body, arms, and head.
– physical context aware worlds, embedded with sensors, that present digital information to users at appropriate places and times.
That's all for the Four (4) different interaction types in Human Computer Interaction.
Now let's move on to the application I want to develop. I think of creating a mobile gaming application which is like an MMORPG game or a massively multiplayer online role-playing game. This application supports the different types of interaction to the user which can instruct, converse, manipulate and explore.
Instructing:
The user can give instructions to the characters he/she created by pressing the desired keys in the keyboard which allows the character to move and do some common actions like walking and running. For example, in order for the character to walk forward, the user need to press “w” in the keyboard and double taping it allows the character to run.
Conversing:
Users who are new to the game can use the game’s help system where they can ask on learning the basic actions, Hero leveling, learn powerful skills, crafting equipment, dungeons and etc. This will help beginners who thinks the game is very confusing to play.
Manipulating:
Users are allowed to create and design the ideal hero they can imagine like changing costumes, hairstyles, eye color, hero’s height and even the characters facial expression. Aside from the hero design, user can give stats to their characters and strengthen hero’s equipments.
Exploring:
After creating and designing the user’s hero in the game, now they can go take main quest and even side quest where they can now enjoy the game by moving around the vast world of MMORPG and clearing dungeons and defeat strong bosses that hinders the hero’s journey to become the best.
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Day 4 without sense of smell and taste (Things I usually do and things I want to do)
Septemper 15, 2021
Hello and good morning since wala akong maisip na isulat. Ito nalang share ko lang kase namiss kona mga dati kong ginagawa na di kona nagagawa ngayong nagkaroon ako ng covid.
Having Covid-19 and being isolated is never been easy it is like you are away from your family, like you are working abroad without any relatives near you.
Since they day that I notice I got the Corona virus I never stopped taking and applying medications for me to recover faster. I drink a lot of calamansi and lemon juice, hot water, I also eat calamansi and salt because it will help me to recover my taste.
I lost my senses couple of days ago. I cannot go outside, I cannot do the things that I really want to do. And I still have body pain.
Below is the things I usually do and I want to do in these times.
Things I usually do before I got covid-19
I do play basketball with my friends. We used to play 3on3 and 5on5 here in our place. Whenever there are visitors that would like to play, me and my friends always paired with and have a match with them.
I do planting. Me and my mom used to plant herbal plants and vegetable. We have our mini garden where we can get something to eat specially in dinner. We used to get vegetable in our mini garden and then cooked it for our dinner.
I used to go to the shore. Walking around the beach and watching the waves, birds, and dogs playing there.
I also love watching sunset in the beach. It is just that I love seeing the sun sinking below the horizon. It's really beautiful to see and remembering that you had a really great day.
Few things I want to do right now
I want to play basketball with my friends but I cannot go and play with them because I don't want them to get infected because of me. I miss our bond together. Miss making happy memories with them.
I want to walk around outside to get some vitamins in sunrise but I cannot go out so what I did is I find spot in our house and sit there to get some vitamins.
I want to witness again the sunrise because why not? I just missed seeing the sun setting in the horizon.
I want to visit my grandmother because I missed her so much. She used to take a good care of me when I am sick. I missed the way she took a good a care of me. But in my situation now I cannot do it and I don't want her to get infected specially now that she's at the very old age. Wala talagang makakatumbas sa pagmamahal ng isang lola/lolo. The love of our grandparents is forever priceless. Hoping to visit my grandmother soon.
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As I told you this is kinda nonsense so you read this one, I would like to thank you for reading this one. Wala lang talaga akong maisulat. There's a lot of things in my mind pa kaya di makapagsulat ng mas may sense na topic haha.
Hoping na magawa kona yong mga gusto kung gawin. Hoping and praying for my fast recovery.
Stay home and safe everyone. Have a wonderful day ahead!
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I want to die cuz I don't wanna live like this
Ever since I was a child I have been a very good son to my father. What I mean by very good is I will always follow what he says.
When he wants me to do the dishes.
When he please me to buy a cigarette for him.
When he say I'll just stay in our house because he will play tong-its.
All of that and other things he want.
And as I grow older and older my father is getting harsh on me. One wrong move and I get scolded by him. Everything I do which can be good to me is against to him. Sometimes I just think that does my father really love me? Or he hated me? There are questions in my mind that is unanswered and I will try to answer it after this paragraph. It is so embarrassing and so sad knowing that your father doesn't support you on the things you want and on what things you want to do. Like sana pinutok nalang ako sa kumot.
So now let me ask you, do you have a father like me? If yes do you have an unanswered questions in your mind? Here is mine:
Why my father is being like this?
Is it hard for him to support his son?
Why they raised me if he treated me like this?
For me, maybe why my father is being like that is because he hates me and I'm sorry for him because they raised a very useless son. Maybe I failed as a son for him that is why he can't even give or show some small amount of support. I'm always been good, I try my best in school, I passed all the subjects and completed my elementary, high school and senior high school.
I'm trying so damn hard just to make him proud but that's not enough. I thought it will make his mind change but I failed it wasn't. He didn't even notice my sacrifices and efforts just to make him proud. My best wasn't always good enough for him. At the end of the day he still not gonna support me.
To be honest I'm tired of this life. He is always comparing me to our neighbors and saying "Look at them, you should be like them" and when I can't he will going to scold me without knowing I'm doing my best to the be the best son he can never have. Having a harsh father like me is not easy but I have to deal with it and hide what I truly feel.
I love my life but the way I see it now is far different from what life I want to live with. Just because of him I cannot enjoy my life. I'm so full of him that's why I want to die because I don't wanna live my life like this.
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Thank you for reading! Have a good day, stay healthy and safe. God bless!
I got Covid-19 (Headache, fever, bodypain and lost my sense of smell and taste)
SEPTEMBER 8, 2021. It all started in that date, at exactly 2:00 PM in the afternoon I feel that my head is aching, like someones trying to break it. At first I thought it was just a simple headache and I just need to rest it. I excuse my first class in the afternoon because of it and then I took a rest.
The second day I thought I feel better already so what I did is that I took a bath to feel refreshed. I'm doing okay during the day but then I wasn't expecting there's a fever coming. So in the evening I notice that my body temperature is slowly raising up so I tell my mom to get my temperature using the thermal scanner and the result is 37.6. I sleep early that night for me to consume enough sleep time but then my mind suddenly awake. I woke up sweating I don't know why but as far as I remember I dreamed about something I cannot explain that is why I cannot sleep back. I woke up like around 11 PM in the evening, I tried to sleep back but my mind won't let me.
Two more following days are terrible waking up in the morning with good health condition is the best thing we can be thankful for but in my case I woke up in the morning with fever, cough, body pain, it really give me a really really hard time to get up in bed because when I use my strength my body hurts. I can't even manage to walk or run. I also excuse myself to my online classes because I can't go to my work place which is computershop, I can't work here in my phone also because it's hard for me. I have some missing activities to work. It is really hard for me to focus. I continue taking medicines and vitamins for me to be okay and fortunately my fever and cough now is gone.
The fifth day which is now, I finally lost my sense of smell and sense of taste. I woke up earlier knowing I lost my two senses and still have body pain. I'm a bit worry because it's my first time but what makes me not to worry more is that I know I will going to recover.
Here's a little story about what happen today.
On this day I sleep peacefully in the bed down stairs not until my father comes and then he angrily uttered "that's why you got sick easily because you always using your phone you don't have exercise" then he insisted "look at me when I have fever I go outside and do walking that is why I got rid of sick that easy."
I hate my father so much because one time he said to me that it's better for me to get hit by a bus so that we can have money. This simply means he don't want me as his son. I really hate him, you see there is a time that he's body is so weak he even cannot manage to get up. He always cover himself with his blanket and I don't even say any words that can trigger his ego. But when I got sick he always utter some words or phrases, insisting things even if I don't care.
That's all. So I got Covid-19 at the age of 21 and still recovering.
Thank you for reading my short covid story, this is a real experience. Keep safe all. Stay healthy and safe. Have a great day ahead!
