Designing
Virtual Realism
AEA Chicago, October 2009
Dan Rubin
Sidebar Creative

Why?

Because of the
environment.

No, not that
environment.

Look & Feel

Let’s relate
this to UI
design.

Interface Product
design = design

Products are
designed for
intuition.

Photo: Luiz Fernando Pilz (http://www.sxc.hu/photo/249448)

Photo: Ivaylo Georgiev (http://www.sxc.hu/photo/426359)

Affordance

...the term affordance refers to the
perceived and actual properties of the
thing, primarily those fundamental
properties that determine just how
the thing could possibly be used.
Don Norman

Affordance isn’t
guaranteed...

Context is
important.

Photo: David Ritter (http://www.sxc.hu/photo/941686)

Photo: Craig Jewell (http://www.sxc.hu/photo/945272)

Aesthetic-
Usability
Effect

Attractive things
work better.
Donald Norman
http://jnd.org/dn.mss/emotion_design_attractive_things_work_better.html

Good usability is inherent in
good design because people
think well designed things
work better.
Mark Boulton

Finding
inspiration.

Some
interfaces
already do this.

We can create
illusions.

http://silverbackapp.com

http://delicious-monster.com/

Classics

Ramp Champ

ConvertBot

Sometimes,
we can also
use textures.

Two-second
texture test.

Photo: Peter Zelnik (http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1170873)

Photo: Kriss Szkurlatowski (http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1165285)

Photo: David Thomson (http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1172713)

Photo: Dedy Ong (http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1161259)

Photo: Roberto Ribeiro (http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1173672)

Photo: David Ritter (http://www.sxc.hu/photo/941686)

My interface
doesn’t need
to be pretty!

I beg to
differ.

Create
texture by
adding noise.

In Photoshop:
Filter →
Noise →
Add Noise…

Incorporate art
and texture.

Shoot your
own photos.

Use your
scanner.

Or combine a
few methods.

Designing Virtual Realism AEA Chicago, October 2009
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