one. – Multitasking one-button interface
Solution
A more effective workflow. In today's world, the internet is flooded with tutorials and videos that people turn to when they want to learn new skills. During our interface design project, we aimed to improve multitasking for online tutorials by incorporating an analog interface. We explored the use of one-button interfaces. We were particulary interested in high shortcut used programs and learned blender at the time.
Problem
For multitasking, the accessibility of online video tutorials is inadequate. The user has poor control, leading to constant interruptions.
Concept
An on-desk interface for multitasking, enhancing the accessibility of online video tutorials.
Prototyping
A Combination of UX/UI design and physical product. Aspects of industrial design (e. g. haptics, texture). We conducted serveral usability testings.
We built an analog prototype using an Arduino Leonardo, a sliding potentiometer, a rotary encoder, and 3D printing. To make the rotary encoder adjustable, we attached another housing to the slider within our enclosure and centred it using springs. Usability Test Setup. We conducted several usability tests to allign the interaction patterns with intuitivity.
Usability Testing
Participants were asked to follow a Blender tutorial while modeling simultaneously. They struggled with switching between windows and keeping up with the steps. Early prototypes featured multiple buttons on the device, but this caused confusion. We simplified the interface to a single button and added a dot display on top to enhance affordance and guide interaction.
Design
Besides the physical built prototype we thought of ways how to implement the interface on the desk of the user.
Background
During the course we had the task to find a software problem and come up with a hardware solution. We intended to not focus on economic feasibility and instead fully explored interaction possibilities with the stakeholder.
Concept Video