Experiential Design / Experience Design Project Proposal
31.8.2023 - 28.9.2023 (Week 1 - Week 5)
Takuto Hozumi / 0354047 / Bachelor Of Design (Hons) In Creative Media
Experiential Design
Proposal
LECTURE
W2 Module Briefing
In this module, students will develop an AR-based smartphone application.
*W1 was a public holiday.
INSTRUCTION
W2 Ideas for this Project
In this module, students will work on the conceptual design and
front-end design of an AR-based application throughout the module.
First, we will research AR and create something useful that utilizes it;
by W3, we will have 3 ideas at least.
Idea 1: Parking Recorder
I often lose track of my car in parking lots of shopping malls and other
places I visit for the first time. The idea is an application that allows
the user to locate the car from anywhere in the building. A QR code is set
up in the parking lot, and AR reflects the shape of the car in the image
on the screen. The system is envisioned to show the direction of the car
by activating the camera, no matter where you are in the shopping mall.
Fig.1: Sample Image of Parking Recorder*
*In the actual screen, the camera is activated, and the image and the arrow
indicating the direction are assumed to overlap as below, Fig.4 & 5.
Fig.2: Sample Image of Car Customize
Fig.3: Image Reference
The above image is wire art, but close to my imagination. As shown, I
envision an application that would allow the user to see the location of the
car from anywhere through the smartphone display. Even behind a wall, from
another floor.
Fig.4: Rough Design of Screen 1
The car off-screen is oriented with pins and arrows.
Fig.5: Rough Design of Screen 2
Flashing colors indicate your vehicle.
Idea 2: Taylor's Navi
This idea is a development of what I was discussing in
UX Design last semester.
Fig.6: App Icon (Final)
Fig.7: Sticker Design (Final)
Fig.8: Image of use
Fig.9: UX Design / Final Project: Individual Project Proposal Presentation
Final ver. (21/6/2023)
This app is a navigation app for the campus; during the UX design module
phase, a 2D map was envisioned, but by utilizing AR technology, navigation
can be shown more clearly.
Fig.10: Sample Image of AR Navigation System (Yahoo! Navi)
Left: 2D map/ Right: AR
Idea 3: Furniture Layouts
This application is expected to be used to check the arrangement of one's
furniture before moving into a new property, or to check whether the
furniture one plans to purchase will fit into the available space.
I actually have many opportunities to move, both in my country and in
Malaysia too, then am inspired by my own experience. It is very useful to
know if my furniture is applicable.
Fig.11: Sample Image of Furniture Installment
Fig.12: Virtual placement of chairs
Feedback;
The decision was made on the IDEA1 parking application as a direction.
Geospatial Creator, an API is now available to create 3D maps, so why not
take advantage of this?
https://developers.google.com/ar/geospatialcreator
Suggested References (Navigation for inside a room);
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuHFrMZ4q_s
https://library.vuforia.com/environments/area-targets
After further review, the following proposals were finalized.
Fig.13: Project Proposal (1/10/2023)
REFLECTIONS
This module will design applications using AR technology. It was necessary to design the app based on UX concepts, such as the demand for the app and how the features would be useful, so research was important in addition to the visual design work. In addition, since knowledge of Unity is essential for using AR technology (moreover, in my case, the API called Geospatial Creator is used), I carefully examined not only the actual app design but also the extent to which the technical implementation was possible.
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