Week 08 Standup One

Each of us have to write a short (and I mean short) description of what we said at Stand Up One

Awais:

User Testing:
Conducted ethnographic study of the coffee cafe context where people's mannerisms, gestures, ergonomics of sitting, spatial considerations were observed in relation to the coffee table. Used this to develop User Interface iterations of the coffee table in relation to how people generally sat on the table.
Academic Survey:
Reviewed multiple interactive table designs including the Drift Table, Microsoft & AT&T's Surface, Wacom's interactive inputs and multiple study on using artefacts to augment interaction on such tables.

Jonathan:

Learning Unity. Deciding whether to use 2D or 3D. Came to the conclusion that both were the same and for simplicity's sake we would use Unity 2D. Gathering old PHP files to reconstruct for this prototype.

Coding multi-touch screen interaction, it is proving too hard to handle.

Shiva: Primary research:
Conducted an ethnographic study at coffee shops to observe and understand people's interactions and gestures on a coffee table.

Secondary research:
Performed a tech survey of existing models of interactive tables to note gestures, assess technical feasibility and existing interactions. Also reviewed existing academic research about user behavior with existing interactive tables.

Trevor: Frontend research: The initial thoughts for the interactive components of the table was to utilise Google Earth. This would provide the interactivity that allowed the user of the table to pinpoint a position on the globe which would take them to a certain country/city and draw news from that location. Google Earth allowed you to zoom in and out and search closely for a location. Google earth has been deprecated and therefore doesn't allow you to access the API and perform what I intended to do.

I have been searching for other avenues to provide this type of interaction. Google maps is a possibility but doesn't have the same interactive capabilities.

I have been learning Unity to be the basis for setting up the front end of the project.