Technology has long promised to bring people closer together, yet so much of our digital life is flattened into a single pane of glass. Screens dominate our work, communication and entertainment. They are efficient, but they are isolating. The richness of human interaction, with all its sensory cues, does not translate easily into pixels.
An easily imagined contrast to technology, which we all do every day, is dining. A shared meal engages every sense: the flavor of the food, the aroma of wine, the sparkle of champagne bubbles, the clink of glasses, the warmth of holding a cup. Dining is arguably the original multimodal interface, an experience choreographed seamlessly across taste, smell, vision, sound and touch.
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