Tangible@Home

tangible@home nicolas nova - liftlab / near future laboratory MAS834 tangible interfaces course (MIT Medialab) October 7th, 2008

The ecosystem observed

Through ethnography-based user research

Place visited, material collected

5 usage patterns (among others)

1. Home tinkering: relying on people’s creativity?

2. Gestural affordance: what gesture for what interaction?

3. Gestures names: ease players’ expectations through naming common gestures “The Form Baton - The Balance Stone - players experience The Remote Control - The Umbrella - The Handlebar - The Sketch Artist - The Chauffeur - The Samurai- The Tug-of- War -The Waiter - The Elephant - The Thumb Wrestler - The Discard -The Big Cheese - The Janitor - The Dumbbell - The Mohawk - The Finger Food - The Boxer -The Mortar and Pestle - The Diner“ WarioWare

4. Inert interfaces and gestures: even clickr leads to gestures!

5. Gestures+in-game interactions: combining both

Take aways • Reveals the complexity: context, gestures, mental model, technological limits, in-game interactions, etc. • UX research to feed game design: inform versus inspire. • How this information is used? Workshop with designers and developers to draw implications, recommendations, constraints.

Tangible@Home

by nicolas nova on Oct 08, 2008

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