Design for Sensor, not Screens

It’s all about Context

JOE JOHNSTON
Director of User Experience
and R&D
Universal Mind
universalmind.com
joe.johnston@universalmind.com
https://medium.com/@merhl
@merhl

I like candy.
CONFESSION
NOT THAT JOE JOHNSTON
 Satisfaction
THE GOLDILOCKS
PRINCIPLE

Just Right

• Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldilocks_principle

THE “JUST RIGHT” EXPERIENCE

CONTEXTUAL DESIGN
Broadly, context can be defined as ‘the interrelated conditions in which something exists or occurs’

WHAT THE HECK DOES

WHAT IS THE USER TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH AT THAT MEAN?
THAT MOMENT.

WHERE ARE THEY TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH IT.

WHAT ARE THEY TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH IT ON.

THE INVISIBLE INTERFACE
"User interface started with the command prompt, moved to graphics, then touch, and then gestures" "It's now moving
to invisible UI, where there is nothing to operate. “ - Yoram Yaakobi, Microsoft Research
THE INVISIBLE INTERFACE
iOS 8 always on “Siri”
RUN - N - READ
IoT - Internet of Things
FiftyThree |
Paper - Pencil
A unique sensor lets you flip
Pencil to erase when connected to
Paper, without switching tools.

Palm Rejection, Erase, and Blend

http://www.fiftythree.com/sdk
Wearables
Misfit Shine
SOME WEARABLE STATS

51% of people reported that privacy is the main

thing preventing them from using wearable
technology - Rackspace
According to research from Endeavour Partners,
1/3 of Americans who own a wearable device stop
using it within the first 6 months.
1/2 of American adults who own fitness trackers
specifically--like the FuelBand and Jawbone--have
already stopped using those.
Sproutlinq
Sproutlinq
 During a week-long experiment, Active Ants found that giving Glass and a

Google Glass custom-built stock app to two of these warehouse workers reduced their
error rate by 12% — and increased their speed at stock picking by 15%.
Google Glass - The Warehouse
 Now your activity tracker, heart HomeKit is a new framework for
rate monitor, and other health and communicating with and controlling
fitness apps can talk to each other. connected devices in a user’s home.

HealthKit | HomeKit
THE CHALLENGES WITH WEARABLES

Connectivity

Environment - Extreme light, Extreme dark

Battery Life

Charging

Voice - undo, talking to your device in public

 Lots of choices, none perfect. Proximity vs Geo Location.
iBeacons Apple will releases its own beacon soon. More then just notifications.
 Makes your device transmit as a Proximity Beacon with iBeacon™ Technology and
configurable identifiers. Finds nearby beacons with real-time distance estimates
and displays all identifiers of each one discovered.

Locate Beacon

Lock Screen App Launcher for Bluetooth LE Beacons. Link apps of your choice to places
using Bluetooth LE Beacons. As soon as you are near on of your Bluetooth LE Beacons a
local notification will appear working as shortcut to your app - slide to launch.

Launch Here

iBeacon - resources
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+ + +

Locate Beacon Launch Here Tumblr IFTTT Google Drive

Spreadsheets

iBeacon - How I tracked my house movements

iBeacon - How I tracked my house movements
iBeacon - How I tracked my house movements
iBeacon - Project Occupied
 Toilet

Urinal

iBeacon - Project Occupied

THE CHALLENGES WITH IBEACONS

Battery Life - Signal decreases over time

Support maintenance

Environment - other sensors and interference

Large variance of signal

Delayed response

Active Bluetooth

Randomized iPhone MAC address

Drumpants
 “Wigs are useful to enhance a user’s appearance and change other’s impressions

The Smart Wig because different hairstyles give different impressions. Thus many people use wigs.
Especially bald people that usually wear wigs in their daily life.” - Sony
IPAD TABLE
 thank you.

joe.johnston@universalmind.com
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