11 05, 2015

Interaction Design & User Experience IDUX2015

By |2016-01-12T22:18:22+02:00May 11th, 2015|design, Interaction Design|0 Comments

https://idux2015.pns.aegean.gr/ Summer School: ID-UX (Interaction Design and User Experience). August 24–September 5, 2015. Syros Island, Greece. Department of Product and Systems Design Engineering, University of the Aegean.   Theme The concept of User Experience (UX) is about user reactions and anticipations that result from the use of products, systems or services. It is recognized that design thinking and the application of related Interaction Design (ID) methods can significantly contribute to successful applications with respect to UX. The 1st summer school on Interaction Design & User Experience (ID-UX) is concerned with teaching and experimenting with related concepts, methods, development tools/environments and applications. The related methods are about user research, conceptual and detailed design, and the user-centred evaluation of interactive systems. The related development tools/environments are about 3D Interactive Environments, (multitouch) gestures, and kinesthetic control. The applications include scenarios of (serious) games, education, culture and their combined conceptions. Organizers and Venue The summer [...]

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13 02, 2015

What is Interaction Design

By |2016-01-12T21:08:57+02:00February 13th, 2015|Interaction Design|0 Comments

What is Interaction Design and What Does It Mean to Information Designers? Part 1 of 2 by Craig Marion In 1988, Alexander Associates sponsored INtertainment, the first annual conference bringing together people from all corners of the interactive entertainment business. People came from such diverse industries as personal computers, video games, broadcast and cable television, optical media, museums, and amusement parks. Over the course of the two days, a debate about the meaning of the word “interactive” raged through every session, disrupting carefully planned panels and presentations. People seemed to regard “interactivity” as the unique cultural discovery of the electronic age, and they demanded a coherent definition. Several speakers tried to oblige, but no one succeeded.” (Laurel, 1992, p. 20) I wasn’t aware of this controversy when I researched and launched my Web site, the Software Design Smorgasbord, in the spring of 1997. I created my site to help me track [...]

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28 02, 2013

Google Services Framework FC – Android

By |2016-01-12T21:08:57+02:00February 28th, 2013|android|0 Comments

Force close Report: "The application Google Services Framework (process com.google.process.gapps) has stopped unexpectedly." Please try again. Solution (No wipe is needed): 1. Turn off sync: (Settings--> Accounts & Sync settings --> Auto-sync --> off,) for extra security you can turn off wifi and data connections 2. Go back to main Settings and select: Applications --> Manage applications --> (All Applications) 3. Locate: Contacts Storage 4. Select it and then "Wipe data" & "Clear cache" (cache might be cleared anyway) 5. Go back to the program list and locate: Google Services Framework 6. Do the same: "Wipe data" & "Clear cache" (cache might be cleared anyway) 7. Reboot your device. 8. Do not forget to Enable Sync, and network connection again.

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23 04, 2012

Drawdio: A Pencil that Lets You Draw Music

By |2016-01-12T21:08:57+02:00April 23rd, 2012|arduino, electronics, Interaction Design, technology|0 Comments

What is Drawdio? Imagine you could draw musical instruments on normal paper with any pencil (cheap circuit thumb-tacked on) and then play them with your finger. The Drawdio circuit-craft lets you MacGuyver your everyday objects into musical instruments: paintbrushes, macaroni, trees, grandpa, even the kitchen sink... http://youtu.be/PV_w38ldZaE

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17 12, 2011

Windows Android: error updating SDK tools revision 16

By |2016-01-12T21:08:57+02:00December 17th, 2011|android, technology|0 Comments

There is a possibility that SDK fails to update. This is a known issue since revision 8: http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=11989 Normally, you will be informed by the Android SDK Manager Log: Downloading Android SDK Tools, revision 16 Installing Android SDK Tools, revision 16 [post_tools_install.bat] Updating SDK Manager.exe [post_tools_install.bat]         0 file(s) copied. [post_tools_install.bat] Error: The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process. [post_tools_install.bat] Updating AVD Manager.exe [post_tools_install.bat]         1 file(s) copied. Installed Android SDK Tools, revision 16  The solution is simple: Ensure that your Explorer is closed and not/or not listing your SDK tools folder. It seems that explorer locks tools. Open a CMD window and go to your SDK tools folder. Run android.bat

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12 12, 2011

augmented reality platforms

By |2016-01-12T21:08:57+02:00December 12th, 2011|design, Interaction Design|0 Comments

Augmented reality is a term for a live direct or indirect view of a physical real-world environment which is augmented by virtual computer-generated imagery. Lately there is a large lamber of augmented reality applications and platforms that work on mobile smartphones and tablets. The applications are using a number of hardware components in order to produce the augmented reality environment. These include: screen, camera, GPS, compass, accelerometer, RFID reader etc. These are used together to identify the user’s location and field of view as well as understand its physical environment characteristics. From the collected data a number of calculations take place and  geographical position, direction, screen picture and the other various forms of data are laid over the camera view, like inserting an additional layer of visual information over your screen picture. The most well known platforms/applications are: Wikitude Wikitude was the world’s very first Augmented Reality Browser for smartphones in [...]

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