CATALOGING THE ART AND SCIENCE OF USER EXPERIENCE DESIGN
Title: Why You Want (But Won’t Like) a Minority Report-style Interface Context: “Gestural interfaces are surely the future.” “No they’re not. And stop calling me ‘Shirley’.” Synopsis: Once you get past the crappy acting, paper thin characters and cheesy dialogue, … Continued
Title: Microsoft’s Vision of the Future Context: Be careful what you wish for in the future. You just might get it. Synopsis: What might the future look like? Who the hell knows? It’s impossible to predict but that doesn’t stop … Continued
Title: 10/GUI Context: Multi-touch: it’s not just for mobile devices anymore… Synopsis: The promise of multi-touch interaction presents several problems in the context of desktop computing, i.e. ergonomic, metaphorical, organizational. Here is a concept that tries to address these issues … Continued
Title: DICE 2010: “Design Outside the Box” Context: Facebook, reality, gaming, ubiquitous scoring systems, positive reinforcement behavior modification. It’s all in there. Synopsis: This is a longish video (:30 minutes) of a tour de force presentation that looks at how … Continued
Title: Make It So: What Interaction Designers can Learn from Science Fiction Interfaces Context: We help make the future, so what can we learn from cool sci-fi movies that will help us? Synopsis: The influence that visions of the future … Continued
Title: Future Shock: Nokia Research Touts 5 Innovative Mobile Interfaces Context: Sometimes the hard part is just telling a convincing story. Synopsis: Even though it’s still the most popular phone maker in the world Nokia doesn’t get the respect of … Continued
Title: A chat with Microsoft Principal Researcher Bill Buxton Context: UI big-wig at Microsoft talks ground breaking technology from ancient digital watch touchscreens to Xbox 360 controllers to Surface tables. Synopsis: The first part deals with the back stories of … Continued