future of ux
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Christopher Azar Product Designer / Dreamer / Maker
FUTURE OF UX
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AGENDA‣ I’ll talk quickly about interface history ‣ A bit about the present in cutting edge UX ‣ Activity ‣ “Internet of things” background and demo ‣ A bit about wearables ‣ Another activity
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES‣ Describe the future of technology and User Experience ‣ Cover why it’s important ‣ Learn to make the future awesome
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SHORT HISTORY OF THE USER INTERFACE
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DIGITAL INTERFACES
HISTORY OF THE DIGITAL INTERFACE: COMMAND LINE
What You Type is What You Get
War Games, 1983
THE GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE
http://history-computer.com/ModernComputer/Software/MacOS.html
What You See Is What You Get
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NATURAL INTERFACES
THE NATURAL USER INTERFACE
What You Do Is What You Get
- Microsoft Surface Table
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DENNIS WIXON: NUI PRINCIPLES
‣ Joy of Doing: make the actions fun ‣ Direct Manipulation: manipulate content, not buttons ‣ Intuitive and Joyful: as close to “natural” as you can get ‣ Responsive to Environment: can adapt as necessary ‣ Hyperreal/Magic: beyond expectations ‣ Social: open to multiple users ‣ Spatial: uses physical space
FUTURE OF UX: NATURAL INTERFACES
VOICE INTERFACES
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OPPORTUNITIES‣ Voice inputs solve for environments that necessitate full attention
(driving a car) ‣ Voice interfaces can make complicated interactions easier (e.g.,
complex searches) ‣ Also works for simple interactions like setting reminders, checking
the weather, etc. ‣ Can allow for better multitasking
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DRAWBACKS‣ Voice recognition technology is still not advanced enough to make it
practical ‣ Many inputs are private (dictating personal emails) ‣ Social norms around talking to your phone are still unclear
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GESTURE INTERFACES
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OPPORTUNITIES‣ Touch devices have introduced gestures into the mainstream ‣ Great for games, Virtual Reality ‣ Decreases the amount of mediation between user and content
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DRAWBACKS‣ Practical applications are not apparent for much of the technology ‣ Many current conceptions of gestural interfaces are driven by
Hollywood (Ironman, Minority Report), which depicts impractical situations
‣ It has not yet been demonstrated that gesture interfaces beyond touch screens have real world use cases
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INTERNET OF THINGS
IOT & WEARABLES: WHY DOES IT MATTER?
DEFINING IOT
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NATURAL INTERFACES
Web Thing
INTERNET OF THINGS
ScreenWeb
FURTHER FROM SCREENS
IOT & WEARABLES: WHY DOES IT MATTER?
The Internet of Things (IoT) is a technological revolution that represents the future of computing and communications.
—MIT Auto-ID Lab, RFID Inventors
IOT & WEARABLES: WHY DOES IT MATTER?
We are already churning out more than a billion new smartphones every year and in all likelihood we will soon be faced with the task of managing more than 100 billion connected devices sometime in the next decade or so.
—Paul Brody, IBM IoT Architect
NEW PROTOCOLS!There are slightly less than 4.3 billion IPv4 addresses, while IPv6 provides
2^128 (≈3.4 e+38) Basically infinite IPs
For the number of square feet on the earth
0.000000783IPv4
6.192 e+22IPv6
IOT & WEARABLES: WHY DOES IT MATTER?
IOT TODAY
IOT & WEARABLES: WHY DOES IT MATTER?
IOT & WEARABLES: WHY DOES IT MATTER?
Apple WWDC - June 2, 2015 More at: https://developer.apple.com/homekit/
IOT & WEARABLES: WHY DOES IT MATTER?
Google I/O - May 28, 2015 More at: https://developers.google.com/brillo/
Star Wars and or movie credit scrolling
HACK THE PLANET, A LISTICLE
13 Times Common Items Got the Internet And It Was Badass For Everyone
fix the ____________just add internet
EXERCISE
TIMING
DELIVERABLE
KEY OBJECTIVE(S)
IOT ACTIVITY
Design an experience that dramatically improves the experience with the addition of the internet to that product for good
None.
10 min 10 min
1. Brainstorm/Sketch 2. Share
“we have become tools of their tools…”
(oh brother)
IOT & WEARABLES: WHY DOES IT MATTER?
LITTLE TINKER, A PROOF OF CONCEPT
Possible to connect the digital and the physical world in a delightful way?
Possible to leverage the connected power of the web to enhance a natural physical experience?
Pink Blob Prototype https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vryqxVCJESQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0mObbVCbNg
IOT & WEARABLES: WHY DOES IT MATTER?
LITTLE TINKER, A PROOF OF CONCEPT
Possible to connect the digital and the physical world in a delightful way?
Possible to leverage the connected power of the web to enhance a natural physical experience?💯
gonna shift gears
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WEARABLES
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IOT & WEARABLES: WHY DOES IT MATTER?
WEARABLES, NEW TO THE WORLD
“the medium is the message”
The watch is most personal product that Apple has ever made…
—Jonathan Ive, Chief Design Officer
Well maybe not quite…
—me
WEARABLESbut why are they wicked important??
IOT & WEARABLES: WHY DOES IT MATTER?
Source: http://www.lukew.com/ff/entry.asp?1943
IOT & WEARABLES: WHY DOES IT MATTER?
WEARABLES
Source: http://www.lukew.com/ff/entry.asp?1943
6,352 APPLE WATCH APPS The watch launched with around 3,000 apps, making for
a growth rate of 108% in total apps since launch Cult of Mac -June 8, 2015
5 MILLION WATCHES SOLD… since it went on the market 8 weeks ago
eQ: WHY ARE THEY IMPORTANT?
A: BECAUSE THEY’RE HERE (TO STAY)
WEARABLES & IOT: WHY DOES IT MATTER?
WEARABLES, BIG AND WILL GET HUGE
4,700,000!
Red quarters are straight bananas.
4,700,000
Green quarters designates first quarter sales (1 Oct – 31 Dec).
http://aaplinvestors.net/stats/iphonevsipod/
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OPPORTUNITIES‣ Lots of low hanging fruit for Applications/Complications (Release to
developers coming “Fall” of this year) ‣ Growing user base of wealthy consumers/early adopters. Sales sticking
at about 20,000 watches per day ‣ Might be the first step in computer augmented humanity ‣ Applications and implications widely unknown
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DRAWBACKS‣ Pricy - Still too expensive and many of the features are simply a luxury
and not an indispensable tool like a phone ‣ A few sweet APIs are still closed and likely will be for a while (including
heart monitor) means Apple will keep stay top apps available for a bit ‣ Text input is not exactly discreet ‣ Need an iPhone to use it
EXERCISE
TIMING
DELIVERABLE
KEY OBJECTIVE(S)
WEARABLES ACTIVITY
Take a look at your phone and design that involves connecting a human to the internet that you could prototype
None.
10 min 10 min
1. Brainstorm/Sketch 2. Share
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