Exteraction: A New State of User Experience Processing for Understanding People

With the recent development of new interactive technologies we are witnessing a divide between human activities and the virtual world. After reaching its most glamorous period, the existing representation of interaction has been questioned from various perspectives. This article describes a new definition of Exteraction that explores the extent to which a combination of grounded theory and decentralization approaches can be useful in understanding the process of information exchanging activities. By analyzing the limitation through cross-sectional phenomenon including online services, art installation and film, this article helps formulate the characteristics of the following elements beyond interaction: the changeability and versatility of user experience; the greater accuracy of filtered information; holistic tolerance of reflecting both individual and entire value; re-evaluating people's position within the process and navigating the unknown data based on revealing the existing. All of these have provided a summary of the opportunities and gaps of both approaches that will later be identified as a highly flexible method -- Exteraction, which can adapt to many contexts and conditions. The mock-up projects which are illustrating the idea of Exteraction have been created based on the results of the initial case studies. It is expected that by doing so, the methodological understanding of the approach can be deepened to conduct research and design projects in the near future. In other words, this would enable people to validate the findings and would also broaden the understanding of how to best involve Exteraction in the process of developing a more sustainable framework.