Augmented Reality Artificial Intelligence Experience Design

Experience design (XD) plays a crucial role in leveraging the capabilities of artificial intelligence (AI) and augmented reality (AR) to create engaging, intuitive, and human-centered experiences. Here’s how XD principles intersect with AR and AI: Contextual Awareness AI can help AR applications understand and adapt to the context of the person wearing the headset. By analyzing … Read more

Virtual Reality Artificial Intelligence Experience Design

Designing experiences for virtual reality (VR) artificial intelligence (AI) involves considering several key factors to create immersive, intuitive, and engaging interactions. Here’s a breakdown of important aspects to consider: Understanding Needs and Goals Start by understanding the needs, goals, and preferences of your target audience. What are they trying to accomplish in the VR environment? … Read more

Wearable Artificial Intelligence Experience Design

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Designing the wearable artificial intelligence (AI) experience involves creating interfaces and interactions that seamlessly integrate with the wearer’s daily life. Wearables present a unique set of challenges when it comes to design. The devices have limitations (smaller screen space, less information density, limited battery life) and present different use cases (people using wearables are regularly … Read more

Iterative Reviews and Incremental Revisions in Agile Human Centered Design

I love the Agile development process. I love that there are short development cycles to pivot quickly in these ever-changing markets we are in; continuous reviews with stakeholder to ensure we are delivering the right business value or course correct if needed; and the use of stories to keep the focus on the people who … Read more

Neri Oxman’s Krebs Cycle of Creativity

Inspired by the Krebs Cycle for citric acid, Architect, Designer and Associate Professor of Media Arts and Sciences at the MIT Media Lab, Neri Oxman created the Krebs Cycle of Creativity. Ms. Oxman explains that we usually think of Art is for expression, Science is for exploration, Engineering is for invention and Design is for … Read more

Contextual Inquiry

Contextual inquiry is a semi-structured observational and interview (inquiry) method to understand how and why a prospect or customers uses (existing) or may use (prototype) your solution in the environment that they use it (context). This could be using an appliance in a kitchen, a tool on the shop floor, a device in a lab, … Read more

The Creative Process

According to some of the latest theories on creativity (componential theory), creativity is composed of three components: task motivation, domain-relevant skills, and creativity-relevant processes. Motivation is often intrinsic, though it is for some people, or some of the time, extrinsic as well. Domain-relevant skills are often technical (e.g., knowing how to conduct research, for a … Read more

Aesthetic Experience and Neuroaesthetics

Aesthetics is a set of principles concerned with the nature and appreciation of beauty, especially in art. Aesthetic experiences, such as looking at paintings, listening to music or reading poems, are linked to the perception of external objects, but not to any apparent functional use the objects might have. Aesthetic experience involves more than preference, … Read more

MVP is Not Simply a Release

A common misconception is that a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) consists of the minimum set of features deemed necessary for a working software product, with the goal of bringing it to market quickly. This is incorrect as there is an over-emphasis on speedy delivery and time to market, as opposed to focusing on customer and … Read more

More Form Design Guidelines

We cannot get away from digital forms. They are everywhere – at work, home, banks, grocery stores, coffee shops, food trucks, kiosks, mobile apps, everywhere. Yet, so many are still poorly designed. It’s not easy to design a good form… there are a lot of thing to consider. We have discussed Form Design Best Practices … Read more

Increase Quality and Time to Market with Rapid Prototyping

Markets are changing faster than ever. Driven by expediential changes in technology, customers want more personalized experiences and they want it now. How do you keep up with the ever-changing market landscape and deliver high-quality products and services? No matter how deep our up-front understanding is of our market, we really cannot predict our customers’ … Read more