This weeks assignment was to watch a live show and think about possible interactions.
As I said in the class, I don’t have a television as machine or cable t.v. So, I tried to watch things online or in bars.
First thing that I watched was a Turkish late night show, called Media King. During the show they have few guests, mostly actors, writers, musicians etc. and they talk about things that they are doing. Sometimes they get in to some political arguments also. They are mostly well educated people, so it is usually fun to watch it. Also they have a section that they watch some youtube videos or some parts of the shows from t.v. and make fun of the funny parts. One interesting thing about them is, they keep saying t.v. is bad for you and you shouldn’t even watch this program, which is very confusing.
Possible interactions that I can think about, people can choose the videos that they are showing by using a website, people can nominate videos and vote. Also, when guests are discussing stuff, people can join them by using chat. However, I believe that that would kill all the specialties of making a show. Also, they usually have 6 guest and lost of people in studio. So, maybe different camera options that are given to user can be helpful.
I also watched an NBA game between NY Knicks and LA Lakers, on Friday night. I guess there is a lot to do with cameras and graphics for sports events. I guess having control on camera is a big thing. Also, visualization of data is really helpful. I think, if user can chose data to visualize or compare in some given options and choose the visualization type, can be really helpful. Having reply option is a big thing also.
These are my first explorations about interactive t.v.’s. I guess these are very simple things, but most of them still the things that we don’t have.