General
Explored how a modular tangible toolkit could support beginner cooks through step-by-step guidance. Inspired by HERMITS [2], the project developed three physical modules for recipe guidance, ingredient weighing, and timing, and used 3D-printed prototypes and Wizard of Oz testing [1] to examine how interactive learning could improve clarity, engagement, and confidence in everyday cooking.
Another attempt in this course was LumiTile, an individual CV-marker experiment that introduced me to integrating simple programming into interface prototyping.
Contribution to PI&V
- The project expanded my understanding of user interfaces beyond GUI alone.
- Wizard of Oz testing gave me a way to collect user feedback when system development was limited.
Involved Expertise Areas
- T&R: modular tangible prototyping, 3D-printed prototype development, Wizard of Oz simulation
- U&S: user testing, observational analysis
Links
More project details see Dribble Video Demo - HERMITS Toolkit Video Demo - LumiTile (other attempt)
Project Report - HERMITS Toolkit Project Report - LumiTile (other attempt)
References
[1]: Dahlback, N., Jonsson, A. and Ahrenberg, L. 1993. Wizard of Oz studies - why and how. Knowledge-Based Systems. 6, 4 (Dec. 1993), 258-266. https://doi.org/10.1016/0950-7051(93)90017-N
[2]: Nakagaki, K., Leong, J., Tappa, J.L., Wilbert, J. and Ishii, H. 2020. HERMITS: Dynamically Reconfiguring the Interactivity of Self-propelled TUIs with Mechanical Shell Add-ons. Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (Virtual Event USA, Oct. 2020), 882-896.