Get the Tech Out of the Way: Shallow Interaction Design for Enhanced Social Play - Jes Koepfler and Kieran Evans

Out of the Way!

Get the Tech

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Out of the Way

Get the Tech

Shallow Interaction Design for Enhanced Social Play© Copyright 2015 Intuitive Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Kieran Evans Design Director

Jes Koepfler Managing Director

@kieranevans1@jeskak

@intuitiveco

The Koshland Science Museum of the National Academy of Sciences.

The Client


A face-to-face role playing game that helps people understand the importance of building coalitions for disaster resilience.

The Project


About the Game

12-48 players

1 hour

Recommended for ages 14+


The event unfolds across four interactive phases that simulate and highlight key aspects of resilience.


Create a digital tool for Extreme Event that supports the key social learning outcomes.

The Task


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FAIL

FAIL

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The Mona Lisa

Technology 4 Social Learning?


Social Play

Mobile Facilitator

What was working?

Reflective Learning


What wasn’t?

So Much Paper

Not as Exciting

Very Linear

Difficult to Monitor


How can technology make it better?


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Multiple/Personal Devices

Social Media Integration

Character Classes

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Detailed Scoring/Leaderboards

Facilitator Advice

DataVisualizations

CityHealth

ResourceTracking

We had a lot of ideas.


Most of our ideas fostered an immersive digital experience.


But we needed to focus on features that promoted human-to-human interaction


through shallow human-computer interactions.

Perimetric?


We needed to get the tech out of the way.


What does that mean?


Immersive Interaction Design

Patterns and features that promotedeep technology interactions

Interaction Design


Immersive Interaction DesignPatterns and features that promote

deep technology interactions

Interaction Design


Shallow Interaction Design

Patterns and features that promote brief, surface level technology interactions


So, what patterns worked for us?


Shallow workflows within player screens


Nested content creates deeper levels of interaction


Shallow content prevents players from “getting lost” in the UX


Use “Tap, View, & Close” pattern

Originate content from source point

Do not allow players to venture far from their main screen














Incorporate physical with digital


Augment physical with digital enhancements

Mimic design patterns from paper to digital

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Low ratio of devices to players


Use large elements for group viewing

Make content easy to understand at a glance

Make content scroll-able in two panels to promote dual use


Use large elements for group viewing

Make content easy to understand at a glance

Make content scroll-able in two panels to promote dual use


Overt sensory cues to focus attention


Attract attention through sound

Encourage focus with light animation








Facilitator-managed gameplay


Encourage social interaction

Manage participant focus on the fly

Enhance game difficulty














No interaction during key learning moments

No tech interaction during key learning moments


Eliminate interactions during discussion


How does this look in the game?


Less Paper? No Paper!

Non-linear Gameplay

What worked?

Easy to Monitor

More Excitement


What else can we do?

What other shallow patterns are out there?

How can we take

these ideas across

verticals?


When we use technology in the right place at the right time, we can create

deep levels of engagement


When we use technology in the right place at the right time, we can create

deep levels of engagement…with each other.


Thank You!The IC Extreme Event Team


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