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

2. 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.

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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. Task Demo: Concept Video

9. Low Fi prototype

10. 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

11. Evolution

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

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

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

15. 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

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

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