Lee, Hyowon and Smeaton, Alan F. ORCID: 0000-0003-1028-8389 (2011) Designing novel applications inspired by emerging media technologies. In: BCS Human-Computer Interaction Conference 2011, 4-8 July 2011, Newcastle Upon Tyne, U.K..
Abstract
The field of Human-Computer Interaction provides a number of useful tools and methods for obtaining information on end-users and their usage context to inform the design of computer systems, yet relatively little is known on how to go about designing for a completely novel application where there is no user base, no existing practice of use available at the start. The success of the currently available HCI methodology that focuses on understanding users’ needs and establishing requirements is well-deserved in making computing applications usable in terms of fitting them to end-users’ usage contexts. However, too much emphasis on identifying user needs tends to stifle other more exploratory design activities where new types of applications are invented in order to discover or create new activities currently not practiced. In this paper, we argue that a great starting point of novel application design is not the problem space (trying to rigorously define the user requirements) but the solution space (trying to leverage emerging computational technologies and growing design knowledge for various interaction platforms), and we build a foundation for a pragmatic design methodology supported by the authors’ extensive experience in designing novel applications inspired by emerging media technologies.
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Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
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Event Type: | Conference |
Refereed: | Yes |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | Interaction Design; Design Methodology; Innovation; Novel Application; Media Technology |
Subjects: | Computer Science > Interactive computer systems Computer Science > Information technology |
DCU Faculties and Centres: | DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Engineering and Computing > School of Computing Research Initiatives and Centres > CLARITY: The Centre for Sensor Web Technologies |
Use License: | This item is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. View License |
Funders: | Science Foundation Ireland |
ID Code: | 16457 |
Deposited On: | 15 Jul 2011 13:48 by Hyowon Lee . Last Modified 31 Oct 2018 12:56 |
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