mind the gap: designing in the space between devices

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DESIGNING THE SPACESBETWEENJOSH CLARK • @GLOBALMOXIE

PALM PILOT

Palm Vbitly.com/palm-train

Multidevice

21 device changesper hour

90% accomplish tasksacross multiple screens

67% start shoppingon one device andcontinue on another

http://www.thinkwithgoogle.com/research-studies/the-new-multi-screen-world-study.html

Search Email Text

The Gap

RCA Victor (1961)bitly.com/rca-remote

Remote control

CHROMECAST

Remote control

Content syncing

Email and SMS hacks

Remote control

Content syncing

Hacks: email and sms

The Behavior Gap

Apple Continuitybitly.com/wwdc-continuity

Sequenced

Deep Shotbitly.com/deep-shot

Sequenced Simultaneous

Racerbitly.com/racer-chrome

Chess + WebRTCbitly.com/webrtc-chess

It’s not enough to sharecontent across devices.Share action.

Sync verbs,not just nouns.

Sequenced Simultaneous

WebSockets WebRTC Bluetooth LE

bleep bleep bloop

oh hai!

HTTP://SMUS.COM/ULTRASONIC-NETWORKING/

sonicnet.jsbitly.com/sonicnet

WebSockets WebRTC Bluetooth LE

Web Audio API

DangerScreens encumberand constrain.

Design for people,not screens.

WebSockets WebRTC Bluetooth LE

Physical Interaction

Drumpantsbit.ly/drum-pants

Misfit Shinebitly.com/shine-sync

@LARRYLEGENDHappy Togetherbit.ly/happy-together-app

Join us on github:github.com/houseoflegend/happytogether

Grab Magicbitly.com/grab-magic

It’s not a challengeof technology.It’s a challengeof imagination.

There ismagicin the gapsbetween devices

MYO ARMBAND

Myo Armbandbitly.com/myo-armband

LEAP MOTION

HP Envy Leap Motion SEbitly.com/hp-leapmotion

New york timesbitly.com/nyt-leapmotion

Never ever ever evertry to out-mousethe mouse.

Physical Interaction

Physical / Digital

Apartment finderbitly.com/rom-leapmotion

Physical / Digital

Internet of Things

Digital becomesphysical.

Digital becomesphysical.Physical becomes digital.

Anything thatcan be connectedwill be connected.

Everyday objectsare nowdigital gadgets, too.

Physical thingsnow havedigital avatars.

Physical / Digital

Internet of Things

Social Machines

Teddy Ruxpinbitly.com/ruxpin-ad

http://thecomedycouple.com/2011/11/17/peta-hates-our-childhood/

TOYMAIL

Toymailtoymail.co

TOYMAIL HOW-TO

Software makeshardware scale.

DangerConnected devices won’talwayssay nice things.

DangerAnything thatcan be hackedwill be hacked.

Software is ideology,embedded with values.

Physical / Digital

Internet of Things

Social Machines

ImaginationPlan for gadget hoppingShare action, not just contentPeer-to-peer sharingDesign for sensorsPush interaction off the screenAvatars for physical objects

Managing the transitionsbetween lots of differentcomputing devices couldvery well be the primarysoftware problem of thenext five to 10 years.—FARHAD MANJOO, NEW YORK TIMES

It’s not a challengeof technology.It’s a challengeof imagination.

THANKYOU JOSHCLARK@globalmoxie

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