Mobile user experience trends on the horizon – the little essay making a big difference
I wrote an essay last week for User Experience Magazine, entitled ‘Mobile user experience trends on the horizon‘. It explores several issues close my heart, including a number of those featured in our 6 MEX Pathways.
The response has been over…
11 days ’til MEX – who is participating and how to buy a ticket
What do Nokia, Vodafone, Sony Ericsson, Telecom Italia and Volvo have in common?
They’re all among the diverse participants at the next MEX, where 100 of the brightest minds from network operators, handset manufacturers, co…
Meet the speakers: Kate Ho, Founder, Interface3
Kate is contributing to Pathway #3 at the next MEX on 30 Nov – 01 Dec 2010, entitled: ‘Develop interface designs for multi-person, simultaneous use of touchscreens‘.
She brings a wealth of experience from digital table design (e.g. Microsoft Su…
RIM Playbook focuses on browser performance
RIM has released a video showing a side-by-side comparison of web browsing on its forthcoming Playbook, measured against the iPad. It shows the Playbook outperforming the Apple device in real world load time testing, industry benchmarks and in th…
3D on mobile, today
Designers are finding ever more creative ways to explore 3D interfaces using today’s mobile devices, pushing the boundaries of illusion and current technology in an attempt to simulate visual depth. David Young, of BMW Group’s DesignWorks unit, h…
Apple’s multi-platform entertainment system
Products like Apple TV, Google TV and Boxee are bringing multi-platform user experiences – where several digital touchpoints cmbine to form a single service – into the home. The role of mobile devices and wireless networks in these scenarios, and…
Meet the speakers: Ivo Weevers, Design Manager, Vodafone
Ivo is contributing to Pathway #1 at the next MEX on 30 Nov – 01 Dec 2010, entitled: ‘Define more efficient user experience techniques for an age of network austerity’.
His design background is diverse, spanning mobile, medical and automotive. …
iPad as a 3D input device
This video of Karl D. D. Willis’ Beautiful Modeler application highlights an important question about the use of 3D and visual depth in interface design: how can you manipulate 3D objects using 2D input mechanisms?
The first step in Willis’…