AUGMENTED ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY CarbonShopper.

AUGMENTED ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY

CarbonShopper

The CarbonShopper Team

Dennis Doan - User TestingAnton Osobov - DeveloperKent Wu - DocumentationNeil Rhoades - DesignPhill Pasqual - Project Manager

Project Introduction

Overall Problem: Carbon emissions Carbon footprint management Current tools are unusable

High Level Solution

Carbon footprint awareness Environmentally conscious decisions Automate as many steps as possible

Overview

• Representative Tasks• Demonstration• Current User Interface Explanation• Design Evolution - past, present, and

future

Representative Tasks

What tasks do we hope to achieve with our application?

Simple task - learning more about an item Moderate task - comparing items Advanced task - viewing your carbon progress

Representative Tasks (cont.)

Simple TaskUser wants to learn more about an item

The most common way to determine whether an item is "green" or not

Representative Tasks (cont.)

Moderate TaskQuickly comparing items and finding the

most environmentally friendly one

Finding the greenest items is the best way to make environmentally sound choices

Representative Tasks (cont.)

Advanced TaskTracking your progress over time

Difficult to track through traditional means

Current UI Description – Task 1

Current UI Description – Task 2

Current UI Description – Task 2

Current UI Description – Task 2

Current UI Description – Task 3

Current UI Description – Task 2

Current UI Description – Task 3

Current UI Description – Task 3

Current UI Description – Task 3

Current UI Description – Task 3

Current UI Features

Helps user make green shopping choicesDisplays individual product informationIncludes product comparison interfaceSupports progress tracking

CarbonScore per shopping trip

What’s Missing

Augmented Reality GlassesData sourceObject Recognition

Video of Prototype

Prototype In Action

The Evolution of Our Design

• Our initial design

• What changes we made

• Why we made those changes

• What's next?

At First...

• Heavily relied on physical contact

• A lot of information

• Ambiguous scales

• Ugly

And Then...

• Hard to simulate AR with low-fi prototype

• Users interacted with objects "tablet style"

• Overwhelmed by amount of information

The Final Product

• Simplified design

• More intuitive controls

• Multiple ways

• More Images

Ideas For Enhancement

• Eliminate motion

• Smart suggestions

• Not bound by screen resolution (576)

Summary

• Uncharted territory

• Unique solutions

The Road Ahead

Augmented reality can revolutionize HCI

Questions?