Pathway #9: Audible dimension
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Multi-sensory UIs need multi-sensory designers
Until recently, design focus has been primarily on screen-based experiences. But there is a growing distemper with this ‘pictures under glass’ mentality. More meaningful, human interactions can be achieved when additional senses are engaged. Altho…
MEX Sessions: Jim Kosem on audible UIs
Jim Kosem’s December 2011 MEX Session looks at sensitive and challenging subject matter, discussing a digital experience project designed to help Slovenian school children learn about the history of war crimes in their country. Kosem explains…
MEX Sessions: Ben Scott-Robinson on creative digital experiences
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Ben Scott-Robinson returned to MEX in December 2011 to talk about creativity and digital user experience, exploring interfaces which span multiple touchpoints and sensory UIs. Ben’s talk built on a previous MEX session about learni…
MEX Sessions: Charlotte Magnusson on audible and haptic UIs
Charlotte Magnusson has been studying the use of touch, gestures and sound in digital interfaces since 2000, most recently as Associate Professor at the Department of Design Sciences, Lund University, Sweden. Her MEX session in September 2012…
MEX Sessions: David Birnbaum on haptics and sensory interfaces
David Birnbaum came to MEX in May 2011 to talk about multi-sensory interfaces, combining sound and tactility. At the time, David was a user experience researcher at haptic pioneers Immersion. His background is in the design of musical instrum…
Augmentation without the cyborg
How would the digital experiences central to users’ lives change if they weren’t embodied in a touchscreen slate? Google’s Glass project provides an obvious answer by virtue of the fact it has been much in the news recently. The interest around sm…
MEX Sessions: Ed Maklouf on natural interfaces
Ed Maklouf’s May 2011 talk at MEX provided insight into how humans use sound and how these principles can help shape alternative forms of digital interface. Maklouf’s talk draws on his studies into communications, linguistics, group communica…
Reporting the future of mobile UX from MEX 2012
The 11th international MEX set out to define best practice and create new ideas in 6 Pathways – Diffusion, Concurrency, Sensation, Context, Clarity and Speed – each focused on a specific aspect of mobile user experience.
Exploration of thes…