From design fiction to design fact: developing future user experiences with proto-tools

Malizia, Alessio; Chamberlain, Alan; Willcock, Ian

Abstract

Envision a future where the physical and digital become seamlessly intertwined producing unbounded possibilities from interactions with autonomous cars to the advent of smart cities. Tools and methods to explore the design and development of such emergent hybrid spaces will need to be highly inclusive involving engineers, social scientists, up to citizens. Such methods and tools might support the so-called fictitious scenarios in form of digitally augmented physical prototypes set in a near-future reality.
In this paper, we introduce the concept of “proto-tool”: multi-purpose digitally augmented artefacts with no constraints and seemingly limitless uses (e.g. virtual and augmented reality devices, digitally augmented surfaces and objects, etc.) that will be modeled on current and fictitious scenarios able to interact both with physical and digital spaces de facto enabling rapid prototyping of Cyber-Physical Interactions.

Citation

Malizia, A., Chamberlain, A., & Willcock, I. (2018). From design fiction to design fact: developing future user experiences with proto-tools. In Human-Computer Interaction. Theories, Methods, and Human Issues 20th International Conference, HCI International 2018, Las Vegas, NV, USA, July 15–20, 2018, Proceedings, Part I (159-168). Springer Publishing Company. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91238-7_14

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Apr 1, 2018
• Online Publication Date: Jun 1, 2018
• Publication Date: Jun 1, 2018
• Deposit Date: Dec 3, 2018
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 2, 2019
• Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Pages: 159-168
• Series Title: Lecture Notes in Computer Science
• Series Number: 10901
• Book Title: Human-Computer Interaction. Theories, Methods, and Human Issues 20th International Conference, HCI International 2018, Las Vegas, NV, USA, July 15–20, 2018, Proceedings, Part I
• Chapter Number: 14
• ISBN: 978-3-319-91238-7
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91238-7_14
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1221625
• Publisher URL: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-91238-7_14