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May 7, 2014

Overview of car UIs

Geoff Teehan has summarized car UIs of the past, present and maybe future.
I think we can get much better in designing pleasurable car UIs.

via Interaction-Design.org @ Facebook.com

February 23, 2014

At a first glance this human-machine interface for our car looks really nice. But one has to remember all the different options (number of fingers to use, how to pinch and so on) at any time. For me, this seems to be complex, distracting the driver and therefore less safety in different situations.

via iatelevision.blogspot.de, see also matthauskrenn.com

December 1, 2013

2x3D: View 2D or 3D on one screen

This is fascinating. Researchers from the Shirai Lab at Kanagawa Institute of Technology developed Scritter, a technology which lets us view two-dimensional or three-dimensional visual content simultaneously (as much as to say: for more than one viewers) on one screen. We can switch between these views by wearing a polarisation filter or not. As the researchers say it can be applied to cinemas, education, and medicine.

I think there is a large spectrum of (more) utilization opportunities. For example, I think of a power plant control room where we could see the static structure of the building with all of its pipes and wires, and the dynamic information and energy flow rushing through this complex pipes / wires network, without having to switch between views, which in turn would have an affect to all viewers.

Here is how Scritter (“2x3D”) works:

Some SIGGRAPH ASIA 2012 slides:

via GIZMODO.de,
see also DigInfo.tv
and Scritter @ Shirai Lab @ Kanagawa Inst. of Technology

November 5, 2013

Motorbike helmet full of technology

Hm, a lot of information on top of the visual and tactile ones when riding a bike, e.g. navigation information, extra rearview information, calling information, and so on, as can be seen in the video. But in different situations such an helmet can be very helpful I know.

see skullyhelmets.com, via GIZMODO.de

October 27, 2013

Feel what you see

Would be nice to test this technology which lets you feel surfaces of displayed images. I would like to know how realistic it can be.

via GIZMODO.de

October 20, 2013

Periodic table of visualization methods

A nice overview of information visualization methods (with the cursor slide over the elements to see explaining pop-ups).

via Mario K. Sakata @ Scoop.it!

February 18, 2013

Are we talking about the same color?

It turns out, many people questioned if their color perception is the same as the perception of others. Let’s say as a child you saw something and e.g. your mom told you this is a red strawberry or some other thing is a yellow banana. So you got the idea of red and yellow.

But that does not mean the interpretation of your visual informations in your brain and the interpretation of your mom is the same. And no one knows…