This week we had our first critique of the semester, our smartwatch ui project. As well as this we were looking at a couple of different placement opportunities. It was super useful to have a look at some placements and where to find opportunities as I wasn’t really sure where to look.
We also started working on some problem statements regarding our new project, it was really useful to do this together as a class to start with. It gave me a better idea of where to start.
My Smart watch critique went well, I made a note of all the feedback I recieved, it was generally minor details.
Smartwatch Crit Notes:
Our next project is to design an interface for an autonomous vehicle. This is a really interesting task, especially because of how futuristic it is. The fully autonomous vehicle technology is still in the development stage so it is really cool to start thinking about how people will be able to interact with them in the future.
I will need to think about how people will be using the car, the booking/ordering process, entertainment options, navigation etc. I am going to start by researching these vehicles because I don’t really know how they work. This will make the design process much smoother.
This design brief focus on screen based interfaces that enable interactions with autonomous vehicles. Your task is to map out what will be required to assist people in interaction with autonomous vehicles in the future. This futuristic nature if this assessment means that it will be difficult to gather first hand experience and common usability issues. You will have to rely on existing documentation found online or in research papers.
