Towards affordance based human-system interaction based on cyber-physical systems

Human-computer and human-system interaction has already received extensive attention from HCI research communities, yet there are a number of issues that has not been addressed so far. In this paper we propose a novel vision on future human-system interaction that is governed by the principle of affordances and facilitated by cyber physical systems. The paper reflects on current theories and practices with the goal to adapt existing results in order to apply them in living and working environments operated by cyber-physical systems. It also proposes a number of research challenges that would pave the road to realize this vision.