Click above for video. Mobile users can now experience gorgeous virtual products through AdJitsu Immersive Ads. Immersive ads bring native performance and capabilities to banners and fullscreen ad units. Immersive ads feature detailed 3D models of consumer electronics, clothing, automobiles and more. The 3D models are interactive and give users the power to tilt, pinch, …
Design patterns for browsing & sharing
Photo by Jeff Miller A talk at CMU Silicon Valley’s Talks on Computer Science: Design patterns for browsing, sharing & privacy (with an explanation of viewport, bandwidth, focus+context and power as fundamental forces shaping interaction design).
Androidify – Build yourself as a Google Android
I’ve gotten a kick out of self-created avatars since the Simpsons movie website. Today I had a blast androidifying myself. The Androidify interface is pleasant and playful. The app uses sound and animation well. On the animation front, idle avatars will wave at the viewer; and the android’s body parts continuously drift and move, keeping things …
Visual complexity is hypnotic
Motion and physical dynamics captivate the human brain. I’ve always found the iTunes visualizer hypnotic; the video above takes it to the next level. Have a look and see what you think. Informally, I conjecture that our perceptual and cognitive systems intuit how much information a scene contains, and then allocate attention in proportion to …
Protected: Tips for effective usability studies
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Organic, alien beauty from nature
Image by Heinrik Pniok and Richard Bartz under the Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 License. A bismuth crystal covered with iridescent oxide. Complex structure, stunning color and reflectivity; this crystal has it all. To fully appreciate its beauty, check out the high-resolution version, available after clicking the image above.
How to make interactive menus easier to use
Targeting is a core usability metric that measures how easily users can acquire on-screen targets like buttons and menu items. Errors in targeting can cause frustration and lost time. Designers should therefore minimize targeting errors by providing targets of sufficient size and stability. An interface element is considered stable if its targeting surface neither moves …
Ambient information, floating fun
Floating Forecaster from Richard Harvey on Vimeo. The description, if not the video, bills this as a weather information display, reminiscent of some incarnations of tangible bits. The interactive play aspect is at once inane and highly entertaining. Levitation on remote control is great brain-candy. For that matter, floating forecaster is likely more fun, and …
Vita-Mix transcends Matrix
I accidentally left a spoon in the blender, which quickly turned in a mind-bending performance. It wasn’t even on High. I am comforted only by the truth: there is no spoon.
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