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Main Screen

  • Raj sees all his contacts with photos
  • Hovering/Arrow gives call/text options
  • Clicking on the photo by default starts a new call


Screen showing an incoming call (for Arjun).

  • Name/Profile Photo shown (Raj is calling)
  • Ability to accept/decline

Conversation Starts (In conversation View):

  • In conversation
  • Raj starts talking about MIT Charles river 
  • Raj is sharing the location to Arjun
  • Arjun gets this prompt

Interface for viewing the location.

  • Arjun has clicked OK and views this location
  • This is interactive 3-D view (see Navigation Control below)
  • Arjun starts navigating by changing camera angle, height etc.
  • He also sees comments (if Raj has put any)

Interface for adding a comment to a location.

  • Raj wants to describe some specific things
  • He can put comments and point it (like Entrance to MIT).
  • When Arjun views/explores/navigates the location, he sees it.
  • Arjun too can add comments.

Interface for viewing the notes.

  • Arjun sees all the notes whenever he navigates the location
    • (realtime as well as offline)

Interface with multiple notes.

  • This is what Arjun sees if there are multiple comments
  • '#' on a sticky note as an indicator of comments
  • It can be expanded by clicking

Screen for viewing the tweets and links to the available
articles and maps.

Note: This window is like FB news feed where Arjun sees tweets
from all people he follows. A filter by putting a person name can 
be applied.

  • Raj has connect his twitter account with teleport
  • Arjun can now see all Raj's tweetstweets 
  • One of Raj's tweet is about Yosemite National Park
  • Interface automatically suggests Arjun 
    • if he wants to see Yosemite National Park pictures 
    • or articles related to this location

Safety prompt window asking for a confirmation to change the viewing
mode.

  • Arjun has clicked on pictures
  • A prompt window to ensure that it wasn't an accidental click
    • because it will change the mode
    • user might get lost if we didn't ask the prompt.

Image viewer.

  • An  efficient interface for picture navigation
  • a preview below (thumbnail view)
  • clicking on the preview shows the image in the actual window

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  • consistent navigation layout for all the three exploration modes: google earth view, images and tweets. 
  • fix internal inconsistency issues between labels and buttons; 
  • safety pop up windows to facilitate adding/saving messages and exiting modes; 
  • feedback -- notes saved, "seen" feedback when the message is read on the other end
  • minimises the number of icons and controls. 
  • although we did not encounter issues with the interface being overcrowded, knowing that our targeted user group is mainly elderly we want to maximise the easy of navigation by minimizing cognitive load.

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Changes incorporated before the next

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round of testing:

  • Labels look significantly different from buttons.
  • A high visibility save button added to the type comments window for saving input.
  • A pop-up window asking "Would you like to save your comment?" appears when user attempts to exit the comments mode.
  • Bottom panel controls for switching between modes are added to the main active window.
  • The left panel showing contacts and history is collapsed when user enters an exploration mode. The panel can be expanded by clicking an icon in the top left corner. The motivation behind this addition is to reduce cognitive load and maximise exploration area. 

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  • he asked about email subscription -- can I subscribe to get an email notification when Arjun puts a comment on his notes.

What we learned from

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Testing Round 2

Issues:

  • Too many controls if user uses only keyboard contols -- 4 keys for camera + 4 keys for movement  (how to fix this?)
  • Tagging was confused with Notes/Comments w.r.t images. (learnability/consistency issue)
  • some additional feature requests like -- email subscription

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