Useface created the prototype of the new Gaggenau Twist-Pad cooktop appliance. With implementing a useful prototype we were able to backup the underlying concept in an user experience test. The results led to some changes in concept details and revealed design issues which were then solved.
The prototype also worked as an add-on to the documentation to streamline the communication between design and development.
The product details can be found on the Gaggenau website.
To demonstrate the full range of the supplier potential, a regular BMW X5 was nearly stripped down to the chassis and rebuilt with Visteon parts inside and a completely new interaction system and design.
Two version were built: one for the European and one for the US-market. The interior design, the graphical user interface (GUI) and the interaction principles were adapted to both markets specific needs.
The general aim – with building a prototype like this – was to improve customer appeal by optimizing the user interface and reducing complexity. The applied user-centered design approach increases customer satisfaction by the intuitiveness of the hardware controls and the graphical interface. Driver distraction is reduced to a minimum.
The interaction is based on the main rotary control – in the very centre of the dashboard – and several touch buttons with haptic feedback. Driving related output is shown on the instrument cluster display with a 3D simulation of the turn by turn navigation. Entertainment and climate control is located on the the center information display (CID).
Superphono is the new way to listen to your personal music. You can control your personal music with your person personal assets. Everything can be made into your representative for an artist, an event (playlist) or an album from a specific artist, like in the days you collected CD or vinyls.
To control our music while scrolling through lists of items like in nowadays music software is very unromantic and not very pleasant. Superphono brings back the sympathetic experience of having a unique item with all your memories for a specific event. Just place your object on the backlit top and the music starts to play. Give it a twist to boost or reduce volume, or push it to the left or right to skip back an forth trough your list of tracks. To stop playback, just grab your gadget and put back were it was.
This proof of concept was built using vvvv to control interaction and audio output and EyesWeb to grab the video from the tagged objects.
A two layered UI prototype with a regular touch interface and a gesture controlled interface concept. Clear gestures – left/right, up/down, stop, wave and hold – were used to navigate and control the system.
ICP stands for Integrated Control Panel and was presented on the 2010 and 2011 Consumer Electronics Shows. All functions for the car infotainment system for the market in North America were implemented and functional.
