Work Blog : Interaction

Microsoft Design Expo 2008

rb.work — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:16:55 GMT

I’ve been really impressed by the student output from the design courses at Dundee University in Scotland. I saw work from the Innovative Product Design (IPD) course at New Designers a couple of years ago and was really struck by the fact that they...(read more)

THE ECO ZOO

rb.work — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:45:58 GMT

I’m really blown away by the Eco Zoo as the first very compelling example of the use of 3D in a Flash website. The art style is lovely, very reminiscent of the shots I’ve seen of the forthcoming Playstation 3 game, Little Big Planet. Read...(read more)

Tag Galaxy

rb.work — Wed, 28 May 2008 08:50:08 GMT

I’m a bit of a 3D UI sceptic. I just have some history in the area, and it’s left me thinking that 3D interactions are often cumbersome and rarely have a life beyond what their cool factor gives them. Case in point is this Tag Galaxy search...(read more)

Microsoft: Touchscreens Old and Busted; Force Sensitivity Is New Hotness

rb.work — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 06:21:52 GMT

Great bit of coverage on Gizmodo for some force-sensing work coming out of our team in Cambridge. Microsoft: Touchscreens Old and Busted; Force Sensitivity Is New Hotness“Researchers have come up with a prototype of their force-sensing tech that’ll...(read more)

HCI 2020 report launched

rb.work — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 19:47:07 GMT

A year ago Abi and Richard helped organize a gathering of 40+ “luminaries” from the field of Human-Computer Interaction to debate how the relationship between people and technology might change in the next decade. That event has resulted in...(read more)

Green objects

rb.work — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:23:35 GMT

There’s an irony in green product design that we may just never get passed since you need to purchase new stuff, and creatively recycle/throw out the thing you’re replacing, in order to follow your ethics. Sometimes it just feels better to...(read more)

Ask E.T.: Interface design and the iPhone

rb.work — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 12:40:43 GMT

Edward Tufte has posted a video that extols and criticises the iPhone UI design. He’s clearly a fan, and having played with the device I can understand why. I thought his critique on the Stock widget was particularly interesting, though, calling...(read more)