UX@Vitra - Experience Continuum

Experience Continuum
Or how we address User Experience/Interface in a uniform approach: platform and tools

Agenda
User Experience
The continuum
Windows Presentation Foundation
Windows 7
Silverlight
Surface
The tooling
Interaction/Design tooling: Microsoft Expression Blend
Developer tooling: Microsoft Visual Studio

What Is User Experience?

A great user experience makes all the difference.

Vitra and User Experience
Photo of the Vitra showroom in Diegem, this is also Experience

Rich, desktop experiences

Windows Presentation Foundation
Part of .NET Framework
Buildrichclientapplicationsthat run on Windows
Take full advantage of OS
Full control on machine
3D support, hardware acceleration
Peripherals access
Consists of twolayers:
Uses XAML (XML Application Language) for User Interface layer
.NET code for business logic (C#, VB)

AMD Live
Catalogs and visualizes photos, music and videos from local and internet sources.
Status: Shipping
Download: http://experience.amdlive.com/us-en/Home-Page/AMD-LIVE-Explorer.aspx

Nero, BackItUp & Burn
Complete solution to secure your digital world. Includes backup, burning to technology, recovery tools and syncing features.
Status: Shipping

TagWorks Kiosk
Kiosk for creating tags for your pets. Available at all PetSmart locations
Status: Ships Q408

DEMO
Blu, JingandSeesmic

How WPF integrateswith Windows 7
Multi-touch support
Integration with the new taskbar
Jumplists
Program icons and status
Program thumbnail and
Ribbon
Location and sensor APIs
More...

Windows 7 and WPF: Fishbowl and Photosuru
DEMO

Enriched browser experience

What is Microsoft Silverlight?
Microsoft® Silverlight™ is a cross-browser, cross-platform, and cross-device plug-in for delivering the next generation of media experiences and rich interactive applications for the Web.
Cross-Browser
Cross-Platform

New in Silverlight 4
Currentlybeta
Out of browser:
Notifications
Elevated mode (partial trust)
WindowingAPIs (customchrome)
Webcam andmicrophone
HTML control
Printing
Much more...

Media and out-of-browser
DEMO

Microsoft Surface:Interface Paradigm Shift
CLI
NUI
GUI

Microsoft Surface computing uses sensing and display technology to infuse everyday surfaces with digital content and is comprised of the following unique attributes:
Microsoft Surface And NUI
Object recognition
Direct interaction
Multi-touch
Multi-user
Object recognition
Direct interaction
Multi-touch
Multi-user

Future vision: XUI video
VIDEO

No platform without tools

Designer / Developer Experience
designer
developer
Designers & Developers:
Speak different languages
Designers & Developers:
Speak the same language
designers design
developers add business logic

The Continuum and the Tools
Designer Tools
Developer Tools

The tools
DEMO

Choosing the right experience
Reach
XHTML/CSS
Cross Device
Mobile
Cross Platform/Cross Browser
Windows
Surface
Richness and Capability

Notto miss
Scott Guthrie is comingto Belgium on December 4th – Kinepolis Brussels.
Topics: Silverlight 4, ASP.NET MVC 2, Visual Studio 2010 web development
http://bit.ly/scottinbelgium
Express YourselfNewsletter
http://www.microsoft.com/belux/interactive/

THANK YOU
Katrien De GraeveDeveloper Evangelist
http://blogs.msdn.com/katriend/
Twitter: @katriendg

UX@Vitra - Experience Continuum

by Katrien De Graeve on Nov 28, 2009

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