Monday 17 August 2015

Week 4: Exploring Types of Prototypes and Driving Experiences



Today in the lecture - we discussed the different ways to approach and view prototypes. 

One of the ways to segment/approach prototyping: 
  • Exploratory prototypes
  • Experimental  prototypes
  • Operational prototypes
The good questions to ask when coming up with a prototype:
  • What is it that I am trying to test? Which of the prototypes fits best?
  • What are the functional components? 
  • What components are relevant to driving behaviour? 
  • What are the interactions of those components with the driver when driving? 
  • What would you test? 
  • How would you test? 
  • What goal is implied by these specific questions & are there other goals? 
  • Does it function the way expected? 
  • Can I access everything I need? 
Next, we discussed the ways to view driver's dashboard and tried to redesign 1 component in driving experiences.

Functional components of a driver's dashboard: 
  • - steering wheel 
  • - speedometer
  • - breaks
  • - dashboard 
  • - radio control
  • - heating
  • - air conditioning
  • - seatbelts 
  • - gear shifting control
  • - GPS
  • - seat control 
  • - window controls
  • - door locks
  • - side mirrors 
  • - light controls
  • - secondary volume controls
  • - secondary radio controls 
  • - engine read out: 
  • - tackover 
  • - widnshield/windstream wipers
  • - emergency indicators
  • - gas indicators
  • - catch release
  • - speed travelled
  • - seat heating 
  • - child locks
  • - lock controls for every door
  • - beep - horn :-) 
  • - parking assistance 
  • -  key
  • - accelerator 
  • - seat belt 
  • - sun protectors

Next, the idea our team came up with: 
Replacing a steering wheel with a a gesture based ring. 
When you come close to the car - it starts. 
When you are wearing the ring - it 


How to prototype and test the idea:

Riskiest assumption: Test that the gestures are natural and fit human behavior.

Elements of a prototype:
1. Ring
2. Instructions: do this / do that (common things) - Audio recording with instructions.
3. Come up with a list of people: 
- experienced/ not experienced/ non drivers
4. Does our list of gestures fit human behavior?

Peter added a few other ideas our team should also consider:
  • What are non-driving gestures ? So that it doesn’t break the system. 
  • Do drivers panic? 


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