AR Library
Role:
Concept Development
AR Interaction Design
User Testing
Storyboarding
3D Modeling
Video Making
Tools:
Cinema 4D
Aftereffect
Photoshop
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Info:
Columbia 2018 Spring
User-Centered Design
Teammate: Qi Yang
Instructor: Agnes Chang
Overview
Using Augmented reality to manipulate the degree of publicity & privacy of spaces in Avery Library. By designing visual cues and overlaying them on the real space, specific human sensory reactions are triggered and certain behaviours are suggested. Thus achieving better spatial flexibility and diverse human behaviours in the space.
CONCEPT
A. Visual Cues As Behaviour Triggers
Human behaviours are heavily influenced by visual cues. In the augmented reality world, visual cues have the opportunity of being more flexible and personal. Certain visual language may more easily trigger people to behave in a certain way.
Visual Cue Triggering Sensory Reaction
CONCEPT
B. Public & Private Landscape
Manipulating Private & Public Relationship
The quality of physical space is fixed once the construction finishes. However, with the advance of AR, the space is now changeable. Publicity and privacy are two important topics in the architecture discipline that determines the usage of the space. We are proposing that, in changing the conceptual landscape of the publicity and privacy of the space, space could be multi-functional according to different demands of the readers.
Public: The bigger amount of people in a unit square space, more frequency of visits, the activity of sharing, more noise
Private: The smaller amount of people in a unit square space, less frequency of visits, no activity of sharing, quieter
CORE PROBLEM
C. Findings in Avery Library
After close observation in the Avery library, we found that:
1. Students need a certain degree of privacy and publicity.
2. Some students are easily distracted by messages, the internet, or the surrounding
environment like people walking by.
3. Some students come in pairs, showing the tendency of studying together/sharing ideas.
4. Students prefer to study in a better environment even if that is more crowded.
​Sit at an interval
Unused/uncomfortable space
No sharing
Service space interrupts reading space
Need privacy
Easily disturbed
EXPLORATION/IDEATION
D. Provocations
After analyzing the problems when using spaces in Avery library, we draw some scenarios imaging people all have accessibility to AR: Creating individual territory in a large table so students may have certain privacy whenever they prefer; Allowing readers to shear ideas. Creating a bonus system (your effort would contribute to the beauty of the starry sky) so that the readers would have more incentive to study. Using coverage to hide some behaviours(like sleeping)when privacy is needed. The fundamental issue is about tuning the degree of publicity & privacy in a certain space.
Individual territory in a large table
Contribute to the collective environment
Sharing ideas with others
Creating privacy
EXPLORATION/IDEATION
E. Personas
Rather than creating individual persona, we mapped different user types on four axes to describe the user's reading habits.
Conclusion:
1. People have various needs for publicity and privacy for their ideal study place, different from person to person even from time to time. Public, Semi-public, solitary, with a certain degree of noise...
2. People have the need to share their sparkles or ideas. Most people prefer to share ideas in semi-public spaces like the studio. Library for them is a place for concentrated problem-solving. Also, some people don’t like to share their ideas instantly, they trend to share their idea through writing instead of talking.
EXPLORATION/IDEATION
F. Prototype - Private & Public landscape
The hallway is the most public space in the library. People passing by would create noise thus affect people sitting nearby. By applying virtual grass in the hallway, we hope people would step slightly on the floor so that they would mind their behaviors. The step would turn to red if the sound is too loud. The public(noisy) is tuned to the private(quite).
The large reading table in the library could accommodate more than 10 readers. Some people may feel uncomfortable when there are too many readers surrounds him/her. People may have the possibility of creating their own reading rooms with their preferred environments. The reading experience could be more immersive. The public(no privacy) is tuned to the private(with preferred privacy).
The bookshelves take the function of book storage. Because of the narrow space between the shelves, readers won't stay too long after picking up their books. We are thinking about revitalizing the space between the shelves, to take the function of sharing reviews. Rose is planted on the books as a medium for students to exchange reading reviews. A community of communication is fertilized. The private(no sharing) is tuned to the public(sharing).
People come to the library because of the good environment. We chose the image of "sky", that each person's study time could turn to stars, so every effort you made in the reading could contribute to the overall beauty of the collective environment. The public space have a bonus system and increases a sense of communication. The private(no sharing) is tuned to the public(sharing).
EXPLORATION/IDEATION
G. Story Board
What would be the user journey like?
Sharing Reading Reviews
Way-finding system that reduces noise
Large reading table divided into personal cabins
EXPLORATION/IDEATION
H. Prototype
Two simple prototypes is depicting here:
A. Reading reviews sharing system - Create reading community
Roses contains reviews written from the previous students. By picking up the flowers, the reviews will unfold.
B. Study encouraging system - Contribute to the collective environment
A star will shoot up after you study more than 30mins. Your diligent also contributes to the collectively more beautiful environment in the Avery library.
EXPLORATION/IDEATION
I. User-Test
Wizard-of-oz prototyping method - Projecting animation on the table/ground/wall to simulate AR experience. During which we found that people feel frustrated when they found that the images are faked.
Karen: “I feel frustrated because I can see it but cannot touch it.”
(She tried multiple unexpected ways to interact with the rose. She waved hard at the rose but unfortunately, nothing happened of course)
EXPLORATION/IDEATION
J. Visual Cue in Digital Space
