The functionality of technical systems and products will expand tremendously in the coming decades, increasing the need for ways to control this functionality in a convenient and pleasurable way. With the user as the focal point, IPO's activities are geared to fulfilling these needs, ensuring effective, efficient and satisfying interactions between electronic products, services and systems and their users. Mission IPO is an internationally renowned center for multidisciplinary scientific research on user-system interaction. In consultation with industry and government, IPO focuses on the development and design of user-friendly interfaces for products, services and systems in multimedia environments.
Fundamental research is carried out to support the aforementioned research programmes.
This research provides generic models and frameworks in the domains of perception, cognition and communication which are relevant to the use of technical products and services. This includes the study of perception by visual, auditory, and tactile means. Information and communication technology, and language and speech technology are important sources for the communication aspects of user-system interaction.