Pathway #14: Context
CategoryA predictably better user experience
Microsoft Research has suggested a method to overcome the latency which can hamper the user experience of network-hosted services, such as connected Xbox games. The DeLorean approach relies on predicting user behaviour so that servers can calcula…
Close yet digitally unseen
Google Now recently gained the ability to search your email for hotel reservations and automatically suggest restaurants near where you are staying. Microsoft’s Cortana has integrated with Foursquare to do something similar. Both hold the promis…
Failing to engage users through NFC, QR & SMS
What’s wrong in the photo above?
To provide some context, it is a scene I encountered on a train journey in the UK, where there was an advertisement positioned on the wall facing my seat, accompanied by an ‘action point’ with an NFC tag, QR…
Trusting in the limited appeal of Google Glass
My name is Ivy Ross… I look forward to answering the seemingly simple, but truly audacious questions Glass poses: Can technology be something that frees us up and keeps us in the moment, rather than taking us out of it? Can it help us look up an…
Trusting & mocking the cars of the future
Google is taking journalists on test rides in its self-driving cars. It is a necessary step as it tries to shape public opinion in favour of a digital experience which requires far greater user trust than anything it has attempted previously.
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Summary of the 12th MEX: sensory interfaces, context aware UX, new form factors & better user research
Mobile as the new old
For me, this was the first MEX where ‘mobile’ – understood as a device alone – started to feel traditional and old. From the outset in 2005, the heart of the MEX community has always been in the mo…
MEX Sessions: Peter Whale on principles of context aware UX
Peter Whale came to MEX in September 2012 with a deep understanding of the technology enablers for creating context aware experiences, but his talk also focused on translating these possibilities into 4 very human design principles. Building …
MEX Sessions: Sabrina Majeed on context aware UX
Sabrina Majeed came to MEX in September 2012 to share practical lessons for building context aware digital experiences. Using knowledge acquired during her time working on social TV start-up Miso, Majeed’s session explores different methods o…