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London, June 2009

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Designing Virtual Realism London, June 2009

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Look & Feel





We do this every day.





Photo: Peter Zelnik (http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1170873)

http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1170873




Photo: Kriss Szkurlatowski (http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1165285)





Photo: David Thomson (http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1172713)





Photo: Dedy Ong (http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1161259)





Photo: Roberto Ribeiro (http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1173672)





Context is important.





Photo: David Ritter (http://www.sxc.hu/photo/941686)





Photo: Craig Jewell (http://www.sxc.hu/photo/945272)





Environment provides context.





Tactile Interaction





SO...





Design for Intuition.





Mimic physical interfaces.





Photo: Pascal Montsma (http://www.sxc.hu/photo/230015)





Photo: Ivaylo Georgiev (http://www.sxc.hu/photo/426359)





If your interface needs instructions...





Redesign it.





Creatingan Illusion.





Some interfaces already do this.





Invite people to touch your interface.





Adding noise creates a basic texture.





Aesthetic-Usability Effect





“Attractive things work better.”

— Donald Normanhttp://jnd.org/dn.mss/emotion_design_attractive_things_work_better.html



http://jnd.org/dn.mss/emotion_design_attractive_things_work_better.html

http://jnd.org/dn.mss/emotion_design_attractive_things_work_better.html



Traditional Media





Photographic





PhysicalItems





Onward to Photoshop!





What can we do about it?





Use consistent light sources.





Embrace Gradients and Shadows.





Never use default filter settings.





Never use default filter settings. EVER.





Focus on subtle effects.





Scanners +Cameras.





USE THEM.





If nothing else, add noise.





Resources





VirtualIn Defense of Eye Candy – Stephen P. Andersonhttp://www.alistapart.com/articles/indefenseofeyecandy/

Aesthetic-Usability Effect – Mark Boultonhttp://www.markboulton.co.uk/journal/comments/aesthetic_usability_effect/

PhysicalDon’t Make Me Think – Steve Krug

The Design of Everyday Things – Donald Norman



http://www.alistapart.com/articles/indefenseofeyecandy/

http://www.alistapart.com/articles/indefenseofeyecandy/

http://www.markboulton.co.uk/journal/comments/aesthetic_usability_effect/

http://www.markboulton.co.uk/journal/comments/aesthetic_usability_effect/



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