TEAM MEN WITHOUT HATS

TEAM MEN WITHOUT

HATSRedesigning the AV system

Zach Brass, Rhan Kim, Jonathan Reed, and Ann Wu

TEAM MEN WITHOUT

HATSRedesigning the AV system

Zach Brass, Rhan Kim, Jonathan Reed, and Ann Wu

Road Map• Introduction• Our Design• Design Evolution• Future Investigations• Questions

Introduction

What exists now…

Alex Age: 34

Occupation: Marketing Consultant

Loves: New shoes, BlackBerry

Technological Exploration: Low

Technological Comfort: Medium/low

“I’m going to really nail this afternoon’s talk.”

Chris Age: 63

Occupation: Math Professor

Hobbies: Visiting grandkids, listening to classical music & NPR

Technological Comfort: Minimal

Technological Exploration: Low

“This would be so much easier on the chalkboard.”

Jaime Age: 26

Occupation: IT worker

Loves: Mountain Dew

Hobbies: Hacking, Gaming

Technological Comfort: High

Technological Exploration: High

“I love helping people, but sometimes I just

have too much on my plate.”

Sam Age: 20

Occupation: Art history major at Wesleyan

Hobbies: Making tie-dye, drinking green tea

Technological Comfort: Low

Technological Exploration: High but cautious

“Hey! Check out this awesome sculpture!”

Goals• Give a good presentation

o Most likely a Powerpoint presentationo With full control over flow of presentationo Troubleshoot

• Not look like a foolo Easy to understand which output is whato Have easy control over room/audio settings

Our Scenario

A day in the life…

MorningAt 9AM, Chris gives his Graph Theory class a lecture on knot theory.

Since this lecture involves many complicated graphics, he has pre-drawn them and loaded them into a presentation.

“This would be so much easier on the chalkboard.”

AfternoonIn ARTS203, Sam gives the class a presentation about Modernism in the 60’s.

She starts with a slideshow of images, and then loads up a DVD from the History Channel to explain the paradigms, then continues her slideshow.

“Hey! Check out this awesome sculpture!”

EveningAt 6PM, Alex comes in to give a recruiting talk to students who may be interested in internships; she gives this talk very frequently, especially in the fall.

“I’m going to really nail this afternoon’s talk.”

Demo

Designing

Initial Ideas

Ordering of Inputs• Know all the needed sources ahead of time• Current system – middle-load• Frontloading allows for smoother transitions• Will presenter try to front load?

Playlist

Playlist

Playlist (:\)

Queue

Settings• When does the user access them? • How often?

Home• To what level should settings be reset?• Public Device• Common Terminology

If We Had a Time Turner

Mobile solution• Users walk around during their presentation• Lectern != portable• Handheld too small for 100% full functionality• Not everyone has smartphones• Comfort

Functionality• “Done” = RESET • Vertical settings sliders• Slider Memory• Device control (ie. DVD player)• Correlation between mini and big previews

Questions?