Chapter 2813: Visualized Interactive Interface

However, it was useless for Xia Duo to think about this on his own; the person involved, Aiboke, had to be willing. Xia Duo kept this matter in mind, preparing to discuss with Niya that evening exactly how to find a partner for Aiboke.

"By the way, Niya, let's talk business. What did you want to see me for?"

"It's about the new functions for the Communication Mythallar. I have some ideas, but I always feel something is missing, and I wanted to hear your opinion."

As she spoke, Niya told Xia Duo her vision for the new functions she planned to update for the Communication Mythallar. Of course, this included Aiboke; if Aiboke could also offer constructive suggestions, Niya was willing to accept them.

However, Aiboke did not understand the field of Mythallars, and he rarely even used the Communication Magic Tools issued by the Tower of Time, so he did not speak up at this moment.

Xia Duo, on the other hand, understood Niya's current confusion after hearing her out. He told Niya, "The thing you feel is missing is actually just one thing: an interactive interface that can fully display the new functions of the Mythallar!"

The Communication Magic Tools of the Tower of Time, including various Communication Magic Tools on the market in Netheril in the past, and even the Communication Magic Tools of the Elves, had no concept of an interactive interface.

This was somewhat similar to the various electrical appliances during the early stages of industrial development in Xia Duo's hometown; they basically consisted of a core function plus a switch, and that was it.

But in the era Xia Duo came from, even a rice cooker could connect to the internet and had a separate screen to display its own status. These functions were not necessarily essential, but they were certainly easier for a first-time user to get the hang of.

Of course, this "first time" had a prerequisite: one had to be born in the era Xia Duo came from and have been exposed to and understood electronic products; only then would it be easier to get started when encountering other types of products.

This would be enough to set it apart from any Communication Magic Tool of the past.

Niya also continuously offered her own views, and the two even created a prototype of a projection interface on the spot. In the process, Aiboke could not help but participate as well.

If not, there would be a learning threshold, but this learning threshold was not high. Most people could learn it as long as they were willing. Xia Duo himself knew several elderly people who didn't know many characters but played with smartphones more skillfully than young people.

Because he discovered that the things Xia Duo and Niya were discussing were novel matters he had never considered before. He used a Communication Magic Tool almost every day, yet he had never thought of these things!

The Elves' Mythallars did have "human-computer interaction design," but it was not necessarily a visual "interactive interface." These two were completely different concepts.

If a Communication Magic Tool had so many functions, and they were functions that looked particularly attractive, if one were in frequent contact with them, how much time would that person have left for learning and research?

But a Mythallar was different. The vast majority of Mythallars possessed many functions. To say nothing else, the Permission Management alone was almost more complex than any ordinary Magic Item, not to mention other functions.

Inside the Laboratory.

The interactive interface Xia Duo spoke of and the management panel of the Tower of Time were actually slightly different. The management panel of the Tower of Time was a small gadget he had made previously to more intuitively obtain the status of various aspects of the Tower of Time.

Only then could the Tower of Time be maintained after the Mythallar was built; otherwise, it would have gone bankrupt long ago—either energy bankruptcy or reform bankruptcy, take your pick.

Good human-computer interaction design would greatly lower the learning threshold. In fact, if one really looked into it, the difficulty for the elderly to learn to use a smartphone was not necessarily harder than for young people to learn to use first-generation electrical appliances.

"You can add a projection function to the Mythallar. The user can summon a projection, and this projection will obtain specific status information based on the permission level the user holds in the Mythallar, just like the management panel of the Tower of Time!"

As they discussed, Aiboke's expression suddenly became serious. "Niya, Xia Duo, I've realized that if future Communication Magic Tools all develop according to what you say, is it still a Communication Magic Tool?"

Today, it was merely applying this line of thinking to the Communication Magic Tool used by individuals; besides that, it was adding a visual interactive interface.

Therefore, for the same type of industrial product, the vast majority of the time, the more it developed, the more convenient it became to use.

Another reason was that the core function of an ordinary Magic Item was just one, or at most a few, and it did not need an interactive interface to integrate the status of various functions.

"Right, it doesn't just include the status of existing functions; it can also add new functions that are about to be opened, to maintain the user's anticipation for subsequent new functions added to the Communication Magic Tool."

Although Netheril had a short history, it had also been baptized by Elf culture, and precisely because it had been baptized by Elf culture, it understood even better that a person's energy was limited.

In fact, it was not just Communication Magic Tools; almost no Magic Creation on the Main Plane had any interactive interface. This was partly because the Main Plane had not yet developed to the point where it needed to consider that.

Under such circumstances, a so-called "interactive interface" was not necessarily essential.

On the other hand, it was of course because of Magic. Most Magic Items could be synchronized with the Spellcaster, achieving a state of "human-magic unity" that was almost impossible to achieve on Earth.

Niya, having received the reminder from Xia Duo, suddenly had her eyes light up. Without needing Xia Duo to explain further, she had figured out for herself what to do next:

Next, Xia Duo told Niya his main design ideas for the Communication Magic Tool's interactive interface. After all, he had truly used various mature communication software, and his experience in this area was rich; not utilizing it would simply be a waste.

In the discussion just now, Xia Duo and Niya talked about Void Warehouses, Personal Storage Spaces, talked about online malls, talked about remote shopping delivery, and even online games, domestic and foreign consultations, and so on.

Human-computer interaction belonged to the field of industrial design. At the beginning of industrial development, there was certainly no mature industrial design; this field gradually developed during the process of industrial development.

After all, the new Communication Magic Tool was not a smartphone. For the user, it was essentially just a medium used to link to the Mythallar and then use the Mythallar's functions; it did not possess any communication functions itself.

In fact, Mythallar Permission design was part of human-computer interaction design, and the combination and matching of other functions and permissions also needed to be considered in advance; they could not be mixed up in a mess.

For example, the mass production design of the Tower of Time's Magic Items was a type of industrial design, but industrial design was more combined with aesthetics, considering how to make products more beautiful, more ergonomic, easier to use, and so on.

But the interactive interface of the Communication Magic Tool was actually closer to the smartphone system of Xia Duo's hometown, only that this system would temporarily only have communication software in it.

After all, there was no Mythallar at that time, and with constant expansion, the energy budget was very tight; every bit of energy had to be calculated carefully and planned comprehensively.

It was completely different from the previous Seventh Generation Communication Artifact.

It was mainly to display the charging status of the Element Pool of the Tower of Time, as well as the energy consumption status of various Magic Facilities.