Taking the web to the 3rd dimension
Windows Mixed Reality includes augmented reality with HoloLens and virtual reality with headsets that connect to desktop PCs, coming Holiday 2017.
As the owner of the browser app for AR/VR, I defined the vision and principles for near and far future releases, including designing the v1 Edge WebVR experience.
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- I illustrated scenarios to help us envision a product that wasn’t so easy to imagine at the time.
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- I used interaction maps and flow charts to break down scenarios into discrete parts I could design for.
New Tech is Tricky
Challenges have included major technical limitations, combined with the serious ambiguity of a very new product space. Clearly defined and communicated goals, requirements, scenarios, and design choices have been key to making progress.