Virtual cultural heritage applications, particularly virtual museums, nowadays include various forms of storytelling. Every object, site or artifact is better perceived and understood through the adjoining story. Interactive applications naturally request the storytelling to become interactive as well. This paper describes the concepts of interactive digital storytelling in our virtual […]
2014 • cultural heritage • digital storytelling • interactive • storytelling • user experience • virtual museumEncountering Development Ethnographically
HCI for Development (HCI4D) lies at the intersection of Information Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D) and Human-computer Interaction (HCI). The mainstream HCI community creates user experiences for the developed-world consumer, while ICT4D is concerned about creating relevant technologies for developing nations. Their fusion—HCI4D—evolved and re-aligned goals to design user experiences […]
2009 • HCI4D • human computer interaction • ICT4D • user experienceThe Fate of a Digital Slate: Unexpected Issues with Deployment in Rural India
As many UX professionals know, an initial rosy impression about the usability of a system may be trumped by unexpected issues seen in the context of actual deployment. These kinds of surprises can be especially dramatic when working in the area of ICT4D (Information and Communication Technology for Socio-Economic Development). […]
2012 • challenges • deployment • digital slate • failure • ICT4D • India • rural • usability • user experience