Embodied Interaction Advanced - HS 2009
situated | technology
Dozents:
Max Rheiner [max.rheiner@zhdk.ch]
Karmen Franinovic [karmen.franinovic@zhdk.ch]
Date: Week 38 to week 44 - Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, all day
Time: 09:30 - 12:00 - 13:30 - 17:00
Raum: SQ 502 (first week only)
This course will address the complexities of designing mobile technology and related experiences in urban context. Locative media and context-aware computing will be explored in a hands-on studio setting and tested on the streets of Zurich.
During the course the students will:
- conceptualise and test mobile applications such as wearables, location-based services, mobile devices and context-aware products.
- develop context-aware technology that suits such applications. For example, students may capture the location of the user, the intensity and changes of sound and light in the context, or user’s own personal data such as heartbeat or galvanic skin response.
- design sensory experience by the means of non-visual feedback which is suited to movement based interactions: auditory, haptic, temperature, vibration and other.
- explore social interactions and personal experience that emerge in the use of their products.
Class Activities
Design in Context, Studio work, Lectures, Presentations, Company Visits
Important Dates
Each week Project Milestones will be presented and demonstrated in the class on Thursday afternoon. We encourage you to document your work online during the project and show the Project Milestones directly from your website.
Final project presentation is on 27 October 2009
Final Deliverables
1. A working prototype
2. Documentation of project development (structured around all the project milestones) form of blog or web. In the case of prototype milestones, every prototypes needs to be documented in video format and technical diagrams.
Schedule
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Week 1 : Introduction and Background Research
Assignment 1: Earth Drawings
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Week 2 : Design Concept
Assignment 2: Thinking-Feeling Location
Project Milestone 1: Project Idea (observation, sketching, bodystorming, scenarios..)
Presentation of Project Context, Users, Application and Related Projects
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Week 3 : Prototype Development
Project Milestone 2: Desktop Prototype
Demonstration 1
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Week 4 : Prototype Development
Project Milestone 3: Mobile Prototype
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Week 5 : Prototype Development
Project Milestone 4: Mobile Prototype (Beagleboard)
Demonstration 2
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Week 6 : Testing with Users
Project Milestone 5: Evaluation
Presentation of Evaluation Results
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Week 7 : Final Project
Project Milestone 6: Final Project
Presentation of prototype and evaluation, conclusions.
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