Interacting with the Internet of Things

The Internet of Things provides many opportunities for people, bridging the digital and physical worlds to enhance information access and data exchange among interconnected entities. It also opens the way to several interaction opportunities and challenges for those living within the spaces enabled by such technologies. This chapter will examine the challenges of interacting with Internet-of-Things-enabled environments while conducting a state-of-the-art review of related efforts in different settings, including smart homes, healthcare, and industry. The chapter will mainly elaborate on the role of automation and personalization of these environments from the perspectives of end-users and developers. Finally, it will look for ways to bridge gaps between these two fundamental and complementary actors.