David Roedl

I recently read an inspiring article by Jeffrey and Shaowen Bardzell from Sept/Oct issue of interactions magazine. The first part of the piece examines the nature of avatars, or digital representations of self. The authors point out that avatars are increasingly important as the interface element through which users interact in online applications, ranging from [...]

I recently came across this link for Resondr, which I think is a very creative and engaging interactive experience. While I’m not that interested in branding and marketing myself, I think the tangible immediacy of camera-based user control offers potential for a wide variety of delightful and expressive applications. What’s even more interesting to me is that this exact concept was explored by my team during our theme park design

John Zimmerman, design professor of CMU, spoke at the Informatics colloquium today. His topic was “designing for the Self” and his aim was to design products which help people become the people they want to be, or at to at least feel like they are. His approach was to focus on the way people construct [...]