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User testing organised
I have organised a user testing with my girlfriend’s niece and nephew next weekend to test out my prototypes and to get feedback on how the app should work in terms of targets or gameifying etc. I will take my blue foam prototypes and a fully working model with screen for them to test out. This will give me a good idea of size and form.
Meeting with Jan Vorstius
After the meeting with Sarah, I messaged Jan to ask for his help. Speaking to him, there isn’t a lot that he can offer that would help make the technology any smaller or work any faster. He did offer some advice about making the screen work from the raspberry pi than a plug in the wall.
Meeting with Sarah
Today we had a meeting with Sarah, and she seemed more positive than ever! She recommended I speak to Jan Vorstius, an electrical engineer in the fulton building. He might be able to help condense the circuit boards down to make the whole thing smaller. We agreed that by next Thursday I would have a first full prototype of the form and the same for a working app.
Technology update!
I have finally found a way to get the technology to work. I have managed to run the first prototype of the app on the raspberry pi without the use of the internet and after many emails back and forth, I have managed to get the barcode scanner to recognise different products! But after testing the app without Wi-Fi, it is just as slow as with it. I emailed Axure to ask for different ways to make the app and any other solutions and they provided me with a few alternatives. After around 2 days, I was able to get this system to work. So now I am ready to get the technology going and start designing the app.
New Screen has Arrived!
Finally, my new screen has arrived! Luckily this time, it is touchscreen. I have it up and running and the pi works really well on the 5 inch screen. Progress is finally being made in terms of technology!
Meeting with Chris
Chris came over to speak to me today about my progress and to see how I am getting on. I informed him on where I was and explained how I was struggling to decide on what technology to use. He advised me to explore the avenues of each and see what worked best.
I also discussed with him about the scanner being built in or detachable. I am going to prototype each and test them with my user next week. Overall Chris seemed happy with my progress.
Meeting with Classmates
This morning, a few of my classmates and I had a discussion about our projects and gave each other feedback. The feedback was in depth but also gave different perspectives than the lecturers. This was good because it was a more personal discussion with our peers than a more formal talk with the lecturers. I was advised to keep the technology down to a minimum and to make a separate product on the side like a basket that they could carry the products around the shop. While this is a good idea, I think it would complicate the idea and take away from the actual concept. Other feedback was to make the actual ‘app’ more fun for kids and have targets or goals to work towards. The session proved to be useful and I have more ideas to work with.
Device Prototyping
Today I spent the day making quick blue foam and card models of different forms that my device could take. This allowed me to make simple shapes in a very quick time. Touching them up with a bit of sandpaper and you get an idea what they would feel like.
