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This presentation introduces Mineblock - an easy to use safe sandbox for children to play Minecraft. You'll hear about how the project was conceived and developed, along with the challenges of designing objects that are equally digital and physical. You'll learn about how new prototyping and production tools are giving independent designers the ability to create sophisticated network-enabled products. Through this case study you'll learn about Meta Products - an emerging class of networked products & services made possible through the merging of hardware and software into a single fluid design discipline.
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DESIGNING
MERGING PHYSICAL WITH DIGITAL
TO CREATE META PRODUCTS
Haig Armen Assistant Professor of Design Emily Carr University of Art + Design
Founder & Creative Director of Lift Studios an interaction design studio in Vancouver
• How Mineblock was created
• How it represents Meta products
• How Meta products differ from other products
• How design process changes
• How you can approach designing Meta products
SOLVING A PROBLEM
GRIEFING
Griefing is the act of irritating and angering players on multiplayer servers using methods such as destruction, social engineering and trolling. !
Examples of griefing: • destruction of structures owned by other players • stealing other players items • repeated killing of less well-equipped players
Mineblock is a small affordable gaming server
that is easily set up on your home network for
your children and their friends to play
multiplayer Minecraft games safely.
Deciding on Materials & Assembly
USER EXPERIENCE
HOW IS MINEBLOCK A META PRODUCT?
META PRODUCT:
META PRODUCT:
location
physicality
ergonomics
wearableinput/output
temperature
motion/vision
orientation
realtime data
social networks
database APIs
mapping
META PRODUCT:
Withings is a French company founded in 2008 that specializes in bringing new functions to everyday objects through a connection to the internet.
EXAMPLE:
We don’t just see a thermostat with a better user interface; we see a smartphone that has thermostat functions. !
When you redefine the world that way, it opens it up to many more possibilities. !
Tony Fadell, CEO of Nest
EXAMPLE:
Nest has revolutionized the home automation industry with their thermostats & ProtectRecon Jet
EXAMPLE:
Recon Jet
EXAMPLE:
Product Designer
Software Engineer
Business/ Marketing
TEAM
Product Designer
Software Engineer
Business/ Marketing
Interaction Designer
TEAM
Situating the design of user experience within an ecology of spaces, devices, and audiences from small to large scales in interactions has never been more necessary.”
!
- Mike Kuniavsky
Information is your raw material !
Privacy is a design principle
CHALLENGES:
DESIGN PROCESS
DESIGN PROCESS
TOOLS: HARDWARE
TOOLS: HARDWARE
ARDUINO
TOOLS: HARDWARE
RASPBERRY PI
TOOLS: HARDWARE
BEAGLEBOARD
TOOLS: HARDWARE
SPARK
TOOLS: PLATFORMS
START NOW
THINKING BY TINKERING (making to think, thinking to make)
Kickstarter Campaign
STARTS TOMORROW
THANKS
Haig Armen
@haigarmen
