Type in space. Design interactive spatial typographic installation in Mixed Reality

About the workshop

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The perception of holograms as everyday objects takes the definition of Human-Computer Interaction to a completely different level. How to use three-dimensional space to design an installation and how to design a Voice User Interface? In the first Mixed Reality device — HoloLens, there are multiple ways to interact with holographic objects, but how to make that interaction meaningful?

 

During the workshop, we will work with the objective of interactive spatial typography installation, learn how to design Mixed Reality app prototypes and how to not overload human cognitive load during the experience of multimodal interaction.  

 

Workshops will be held online, but there will be a possibility to test HoloLens and deploy your application to HoloLens. Students will design interactive typography installations which will interact with us by voice commands and gestures performed.

 

As a part of working with Voice User Interface, we will also look from the critical point of view on the essence of communication and what elements enable us to create connection and relation with another human or digital meaning.

 

• Through theoretical seminars, students will acknowledge the basics of how to design and develop Mixed Reality applications

• We will explore subjects of spatial typography as well as spatial interface

• We will investigate how artists of the last decade interpreted space in design and architecture

• We will work with the movement of typography in space

• What are the possibilities and limitations of technology

• What is Voice User Interface and how to design it

• We will develop interactive Mixed Reality application with 3D type installation and design and specification of a spatial interface

 

Type of class

 

Classes are hybrids of lecture, studio work, consultations and discussion. Students will work on development with pre-recorded tutorials with live assistance and in the project part, they will work intensively on predefined short-term assignments. 

 

 

Objectives 

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During the workshop students will learn:

• Critical thinking 

• User-oriented design

• How to manage a complex project in time and how to conduct the design process 

• What are the basics rules in designing Mixed Reality interactions

• How to design the Voice User Interface

• Basics of Unity 

• Basics of project presentation

• UX principles, body and brainstorming

 

Content

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We will start the workshop with a lecture about principles in designing for Mixed Reality, types of interaction and our future with holograms. Then students will be introduced to the final assignment form and we will start from ideation part and make a research about our possibilities of developing the first idea. We will draw our ideas on paper and make a body storming presentation to explain our project to the others. After writing project specifications, we will learn about designing VUI and work on spatial representation of our type installation. After setting first principles we will start work in Unity, to develop first steps of application. We will do iterative testing and redo the design and development. After all we will collect all of the outcomes from each of the design processes and learn how to present them in an easy to understand way, and also work on storytelling in presenting tech apps.

 

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Portfolio

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After the workshop students will deliver a case study of their design process which can be included into the student's final portfolio. We will have a Mixed Reality application that can be deployed into the device.