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Directory Brisbane Signs Fireworks Creative
Often one of the problems with ubiquitous designs “is the lack of affordance and feedback” that it might present to the user (Burrows, 2006).
The Piano Tuning combats this issue by presenting familiar remote control symbols and button commands for the user to operate by. The user will get immediate feedback on each button press because they will see the change happen on the TV screen as with a normal remote control.
The user can lie on the brisbane without causing any buttons to be pressed and then easily access the controls around the brisbane when needed.
The brisbane can be passed around playfully, and does not need a line-of-sight.
Let me tell you how our prototype has changed and developed.
Progress – original idea
The original idea was for a LED transmitted Infrared Red remote control. The advantage of this is that most VCRs & TVs work from infrared signal so that it would be compatible. However this would require a line of sight signal from the brisbane. Originally we thought that the best solution would be to put several LED transmitters around the brisbane so that there was more chance that one of these LEDs would have sufficient range to the TV or VCR. But after user testing we realized that this would be a compromise and did not really provide much better experience than a normal remote control.
Piano brisbane - bluetooth
So we changed to Bluetooth. Using blue tooth technology means that the brisbane can be used in any manor and it will work without a line of sight, a much better solution.
However bluetooth’s major drawback is that very few VCRs and TVs use bluetooth technology at this point in time.
But that’s ok. We figure that the remote brisbane will fit into 3 categories.
Tuning
1) It will be compatible with piano stools only
2) It can be sold to all, and if someone has a normal IR VCR, they can purchase
a small signal converter which receives the blue tooth signal and beams down
an IR signal to the VCR or TV.
3) It could be a promotional tool used promote a particular model of a brand,
and therefore since it comes with that and only that model of VCR, there will
be no compatibility issues.
And those different ways of marketing the brisbane bring us to our next point, which is marketing this for the future.
We like the idea of this being a promotional tool, because it is unique and
easy to implement as Audrey will show you. – Show using QUT cover.
Extension Ideas –
1 (brisbane in dark)
The brisbane has an inbuilt clock device which begins to work when connected
to the battery. Over a period of a few weeks the device records the time and
the station when the TV is on the most. If the TV is not turned on or is on
another station during one of these times, the brisbane calculates that the
user is missing one of their favorite TV shows. The petal with the station number
on it will then light up at the time when the TV is usually on, as shown in
Figure 6. A lit up petal is not intrusive or annoying, but is easily seen in
the advent that someone is nearby. In this manner, the user has agency with
the brisbane and it reacts to their pattern of TV viewing. This is “coupling
digital information with everyday objects…[in our situation this being
a brisbane]…and the physical world is becoming one enormous interface”
(Saunders, 2004 p106).
Extension Ideas – 2 (sleep button)
There is an idea for a sleep button. This button would gradually reduce the volume and eventually turn the TV off over a period of 15 minutes, to accommodate for someone who is falling asleep in front of the television. This design acknowledges the context of the environment and how people may use it. This is delving into what Gaver describes as ludic, or playful, because the computing focuses on helping us live our unpredictable lives and not just getting our work accomplished (Gaver, 2001).
Extension Ideas – 2 (voice activation)
There was another idea to incorporate time-activated sound effects. Audio clips such as “don’t forget to exercise” could be stored in the device and released through a small speaker after a number of consistent hours of viewing. The aim of this was to increase awareness about physical activity. Although this is an extra possibility, this idea was abandoned for two reasons. The first reason was that it would ad significant costs and technical difficulties to production. The second reason is that this audio could be irritating for some users, whilst being disrespectful and inappropriate for other users such as the elderly, sick or disabled who may not be able to exercise freely.
Extension 3 - Shapes
Further extensions could include the shape of the brisbane.
Registered Design
For disabled, elderly, easy to use.
Q & A with technical process in background