Things aren't what they seem to be: Innovation through technology inspiration

Rogers, Y.; Scaife, M.; Harris, E.; Phelps, T.; Price, S.; Smith, H.; Muller, H.; Randell, C.; Moss, A.; Taylor, I.; Stanton, D.; O'Malley, C.; Corke, G.; Gabrielli, S.

Abstract

How does designing for novel experiences with largely untried technologies get its inspiration? Here we report on a project whose goal was to promote learning through novel, playful visions of technologies. To this end, we experimented with a diversity of ambient and pervasive technologies to inspire and drive our design. Working as a large multi-disciplinary group of researchers and designers we developed novel and imaginative experiences for children. To crystallise our ideas we designed, implemented and experimented with a mixed reality adventure game, where children had to hunt an elusive, virtual creature called the Snark, in a large interactive environment. We describe our experiences, reflecting on the process of design inspiration in an area where so much remains unknown

Citation

2002 (373-378). https://doi.org/10.1145/778712.778766

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (Published)
• Conference Name: 4th Conference on Designing Interactive Systems: Processes, Practices, Methods, and Techniques, DIS '02; London; United Kingdom
• Publication Date: 2002
• Deposit Date: Aug 15, 2018
• Pages: 373-378
• Book Title: Proceedings of the Conference on Designing Interactive Systems: Processes, Practices, Methods, and Techniques, DIS; 2002
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/778712.778766
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1145891