Seminar in Designing Physical Interactive Experiences

Section 1: Monday, 10 - 11:50 am in room 70-2520, Friday, 10 - 11:50 am in room 70-2550? 70-2570?

Office Hours: Mondays & Wednesdays 4pm - 5 and Thursdays 12pm - 2 in my office

This course will focus on building interactive experiences in the (away from a desktop) world from goal to concept to prototype. Creating these carefully-considered prototypes will be founded on existing work in interactive installations, human cognitive psychology, communication theories, experience design, user testing, and basic sensor-actuator electronics/software. At the beginning of the quarter, students will study people in a particular context, and decide how they would like to change that experience for a particular audience. The rest of the quarter will be devoted to designing, refining, testing and building a prototype to accomplish that change.

No Required Textbooks

While there is no required textbook, we will be using readings from handouts and websites throughout the class.

wmh - winter 2006/7