David Mailhot Jennifer Apacible Eve Zhao Eric Oltean Project Harmony David Mailhot Jennifer Apacible Eve Zhao Eric Oltean

Socializing Can Be Hard Finding a friendly individual in a group of strangers. Recognizing mistakes made during a social interaction. No real way to look back and see what went wrong.

Let Project Harmony Help Real time feedback and advice. Wearable computing devices. Record conversations and learn from mistakes.

Outline Users' desired tasks How tasks performed now How prototype addresses tasks Concept video UI Prototype Lo-fi prototype visuals Hi-fi prototype DEMO Design evolution Future Work Summary

Tasks-simple "Joe is a freshman at the University of Washington he is from out of state and knows no one in the area whenever he goes to events he never knows who to talk to." Find friendly individuals easily in a group of strangers

Tasks-moderate "Susy had a rough day at the EE Barbecue it seemed everyone she talked to something would go wrong but she doesn't remember well enough to piece together what she did wrong." See what they did wrong in a previous interaction

Tasks-complex "Ann is out with a group of people every time she talks to someone they seem to get annoyed or not take kindly to her" Being able to know what social mistakes they make

Task Demo: Concept Video

Low Fi prototype

Hi-Fi Prototype: DEMO DEMO The Story: 'Jennifer' Plays guitar and likes My Little Ponies New student at UW CSE Attending student orientation A little out of her comfort zone Would like to meet new friends When walking through the Atrium, spots a table of new acquaintances Wants to go meet them Our Three Tasks: Find friendly people Real-time feedback Playback recordings DEMO

Evolution

Evolution: Info Type Idea Show emotion info of other people Finding People had privacy concerns Change Show only advice and feedback for the wearer

Evolution: Screens Idea Main screen and 2 distinct 'modes' Finding User testers found navigation confusing Change Consolidated number of screens from 4 to 2

Evolution: Buttons Idea Use only icons for buttons Finding People were confused by iconography Change New icons and show text labels on hover

Future Work: Power Users Advanced settings for experienced users hide menu only show when needed save users preferences Feedback mode is on and navigate to start record

Future Work: Viewing Videos Viewing videos on the wearable device seems clunky Download and view videos on a personal computer

Summary Supplements peoples ability to interact socially Gives the user feedback on social interactions Enhancements could come from further user tests