Going from the general to the specific… slightly changing course with this- more focus. I recently finished a sustainable urban architecture design competition with some friends. I was in charge of video and written material. Essentially communication design. Jason you know about this… If anyone else is remotely interested I’ll share cause it was a lot of work. We wanna do more.
I am taking a class in Parsons Design and Tech department called “Do What I Mean- Usability.” For the major project in this class I am working on creating a Usability test geared toward discovering more about how architects view the aesthetics of video in the context of a competition design submission. Vast. Am pairing it down. But I’d like to combine the project for this class with that one. Idea being that I’d test people in RL and SL with similar background knowledge (such as http://archsl.wordpress.com/) and see if I can assess a difference in approach between physically and virtually testing people. Needs a lot of refinement but I think much more doable than broad social psyche studies, like my last suggestion. Thoughts? Lame? Too technical? Theoretically, will make both projects stronger.
October 24, 2008 at 2:55 am
please describe more the usability test you are working on –
it seems you should use the major affordance SL provides — free building and 3d modelling — in your experimentation/testing. For this class, you can add an ethnographic dimension to the study you’re devising for the Parson’s class. I can give you ideas once i know more about what you’ve created as a test so far…
October 27, 2008 at 3:15 am
I’d be interested to hear about your sustainable urban architecture design competition entry..