Creative Aesthetic Research Exercise (In-Class)

Pick two of the CARE methods discussed in class. Flush out how they might be useful as a method for your thesis. What are the pros, cons, caveats. What happens if all goes bad?

Instruction Sets

This method could be useful because the concept of controlling a website through gestures and motions may not be as easy to grasp as I’d think. Ideally I want people from all over to use this form of browsing and I have to keep in mind that people have different backgrounds and aptitudes for technology.

Pros

• Easy to follow
• Start on same page
• Learn by example
• Show that it can be easy as well as difficult

Cons

• Not allowing customization and forcing the user to follow a certain behavioral approach could drive them away.

Feedback

• If it was a device what sort of “physicality” would be needed
• How crazy can we make the instructions/voice commands

Speculative

A speculative approach could allow for whole new interpretations on how things would be used solely based on the users natural instinct. What feels natural to a user after being so used to operating with a different device for such a long time? What would their first instinct be when it comes to handling this new “controller”?

Pros

• See what feels natural
• What does the user expect?
• Are there similarities between people in the same regions?
• What sensory elements do the users choose to rely on?

Cons

• Too broad of a scope(?)