The past few days I have been busy, busy, busy. After my tutorial on Tuesday I went straight into thinking out 3 concepts and deciding what those are. After that I went straight into preparing them on A2 sheets for the presentation on Friday.
A little bit about the concepts I went with.
HAPTICON
This is a wearable with haptic feedback. It gives the user feedback and guides the user using vibrations. It connects to apps and GPS systems users already use and it knows where the user is going. Hapticon helps the user walk in a straight line, avoids obstacles all around and overhead, it guides the user in the direction they should go in and is almost like a navigating partner. Above are a few sketches of what this wearable could be like.
CITIMAP
This concept is about citizen mapping and encouraging everyone to get involved in documenting different hazards around the city as well as marking in spots that are nice to spend time in for people like those who are visually impaired. Everyday citizens, tourists and different government bodies are able to access the data and Citimap is a tourist map that visitors can use. The data gets relayed back to visually impaired users through apps that they use already and this helps them plan their journey in more detail.
INTERACT
Interact is an interactive map, a public installation and a personal map that users can order and use from home in their own time. The way Interact works is the user inputs the name of the building that he's never been to and wants to visit and the map forms the shape of the inside plan of the building. The user can then get familiar with the plan or the area that he wants to go to so he feels more comfortable going somewhere new on his own. The purpose of Interact is to familiarise yourself with a particular area to get to know it a little bit better.
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