Smart things : ubiquitous computing user experience design / Mike Kuniavsky.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kuniavsky, Mike.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ubiquitous computing.

User interfaces (Computer systems).

Human-computer interaction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (331 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Boston : Morgan Kaufmann Publisher, c2010.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

The world of smart shoes, appliances, and phones is already here, but the practice of user experience (UX) design for ubiquitous computing is still relatively new. Design companies like IDEO and frogdesign are regularly asked to design products that unify software interaction, device design and service design -- which are all the key components of ubiquitous computing UX -- and practicing designers need a way to tackle practical challenges of design. Theory is not enough for them -- luckily the industry is now mature enough to have tried and tested best practices and case studies from the fi

Contents:

Introduction: the middle of Moore's law

What is user experience design and who creates it?

Interaction metaphors

Information is a material

The Whirlpool Centralpark refrigerator : the design of an accessory port

Information shadows

Clickables : toys and information shadows

Devices are service avatars

The iPod : a service avatar

Applianceness

Roomwizard : an appliance for office society

Scales of experience

Plasma poster : unifying work cultures with a digital poster

Observation and ideation

Simulation and sketching

Nabaztag, an ambiguous avatar

Augmentations and mashups

Common design challenges

From invisible computing to everyware.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612878725

9781282878723

1282878727

9780080954080

0080954081

OCLC:

652754988