Evocation on 09 April 2010
It's the feedback which is important. when a key/button moves down they give, gives you feedback which our brains almost need to process. which vitural buttons we get none of that.
It's ok for touch screen controls if it's in react to what we are going... like writing on the screen but things like typing or other actions that extend our bodys like the keyboard typing or buttons on a controller need that feedback as we don't have visual feedback on them.
So while I think touchscreens etc work well for UI's and other areas with direct interfaces, they don't work in otehr situations
One of the best examples if just disabling the sound on the XMB and it feels completely unnatural imo.
