Opus

We thought of everything, even the impossible during this concept brainstorming. Some of these potential solutions included:

• Full service transportation to your gate
  • This would allow you to get some work done without having to think about where you have to go and when. You just hop onto the transport and it does the work for you.
• Make 2 of yourself so you can be in two places at once.
  • This would allow you to be at work/travelling and at home at the same time.
• Just Skype/Zoom and don’t fly at all.
  • This would simplify everything leading up to a meeting you have to fly to. It would be easier to get work done from your own work/home.
• AR environments built for getting work done & focusing.
  • A fully immersive environment that you can customize to make into a space you can really focus in.
• AI, Robots would assist people that need help.
  • This includes guiding people to their gates, getting food, finding work environments, etc.
• Teleporting!
  • Zap and you’re where you need to be, no need to fly.

After reviewing and mapping out scenarios for each concept, we landed on an AR environment the user can customize so they can focus on work as our project. This would include physical real world concepts along with an app concept. We called this environment a booth.

This project included a physical space that we had to design, this needed to be:

• Compact to save space in an already cramped airport
  • We thought of a modular design where two or more booths could be connected to create larger conference rooms.
• Easy to use and functional for many different types of people.

I created a user journey map. It includes how the user would be introduced to the booth, how they locate & rent a booth, changing the booth environment & ordering food, and departing for their flight.

We tested the concept of our app using a paper prototype. It was tested in person, then the world shut down due to Covid… So we adapted to remote life and I converted this paper prototype into a multi media prototype! I took these sketches and made a usable prototype we could test on our phones. This allowed us to get feedback from more people than expected. We got some good feedback and made changes accordingly.

Creating a site map before starting a high fidelity prototype helped us figure out what to focus on and every potential page I would be creating for the final prototype. This helped save time in the long run, we found that we did not need to design every page we had originally thought of.

We create a design system for the look and feel of the app, this kept my final designs for the software consistent.

I created an interaction map of the app. It includes how the user interacts with the app, how transitions between pages look, what parts of the page is clickable and where it brings the user... We put this together to cover all scenarios and make sure we didn’t miss any potential interactions while putting the final prototype together.