Aurora: Concept Video Part 2
by Jesse James Garrett
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In Part 2 of Aurora, the browser goes mobile on a handheld touchscreen device.
Watch: Part 1
Credits for Part 2
Written and Directed by Jesse James Garrett
Producer: Julia Houck-Whitaker
Assistant Director: Teresa Brazen
Photography: Jean-Philippe Dobrin
Animation and Video Production by Whiskytree
Browser User Experience
Lead Designer: Jesse James Garrett
Design and Technology Advisor: Dan Harrelson
Visual Design: Kumi Akiyoshi and Sebastian Heycke
Production Support: Judd Morgenstern and Lin Lin
Web Page Design
Yahoo Upcoming: Dave Shea
Cast
Harry: Keith Shawn
Beth: Carolyn Grenier
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August 6th, 2008 at 9:18 am
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August 6th, 2008 at 2:10 pm
I especially like the comment regarding how location data has implicit security because the user has to drag it over.
I also see many of these elements in this and the first video have design elements of Apple applications like the dock, ichat, time machine, numbers.app, and the iPhone. Apple didn’t necessarily create all these memes, but they certainly popularized many of them. I
ramble on aboutdiscuss some of this kind of stuff at primitivemachine.net, and I’ll probably have something there soon regarding this.Good show Jesse!
August 6th, 2008 at 6:25 pm
I would like to say a few things about this part of the concept; I think that the idea is excellent and just about possible right now with the hardware that is available. The people and the costs are a different story, but in 5-7 years, I could see some boomers I know in the situation that you have shown here (my mother being one of them).
I like this series; besides the UX aspect of things, its forcing me to think long term about the potential for design to change the way we live in big and small areas. Sure, I can sit and design a wireframe of an app I’d like to see on my Internet Tablet; but to design it with the idea that it will have effects beyond just using the application is something that I had not paid as much attention to.
Thank you all for this series and I look forward to reflecting and learning more about the project as you unveil some more. Now to read those docs you posted, as that will serve as a bit of homework to what I don’t see at this point.
August 6th, 2008 at 7:24 pm
The chances of those old people’s eyes reading that small screen in broad daylight is zero ! They should stick to the Jitterbug !
August 6th, 2008 at 9:07 pm
This project is fascinating, thanks.
An idea for another post – I’d love to know more about the production process for the videos, i.e. the design process for a video prototype.
August 6th, 2008 at 10:38 pm
Intersting Concept, but too complicated for real life
August 6th, 2008 at 11:54 pm
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August 7th, 2008 at 4:13 am
I am just wondering how the battery consumption will be handled in this device. Would it be weird to add a system that absorbs energy from movement, warmth from hands/pocket?
By the way, what is G-Man’s face doing there on the right side of that gadget’s screen around 2:25?
August 7th, 2008 at 2:00 pm
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August 7th, 2008 at 2:37 pm
Cool But says, “The chances of those old people’s eyes reading that small screen in broad daylight is zero ! They should stick to the Jitterbug !”
As a 56 year old boomer I guess I’m one of those “old people” and think the concept is solid, especially as OLED screens make it to the market in the US. OLED screens display without a backlight so you can read them in the daylight like any other painted sign. OLED will also cut way down on battery requirements.
August 8th, 2008 at 2:19 pm
very cool.
I have an idea that might already be out there, but watching the event getting sent to a friend made me think. Most of the time you won’t have the particular friend or group you are looking for already on your bar. You might have some location awareness so that only local friends are shown, but there will be plenty of times that will need to search or lookup a contact.
For this and other reasons, it might be good to have a ‘box’ that you could stash arbitrary data in, and then do whatever searches you need, then pull it back out.
This is slightly different than just putting something on a bar because bar info you might want to access multiple times. The box would be a one shot deal. stash some data here while you go look for a place to use it.
anyways, just a random thought. keep the future commin’
August 10th, 2008 at 10:29 pm
Cool
good bye iphone
August 11th, 2008 at 1:43 am
I also had concerns about the size and amount of information on the screen. The cognitive load seems very high and the need to learn behaviours.
I know its a concept though and nothign is more inaccurate than a prediction of the future!
August 13th, 2008 at 8:01 am
Everything looks wayyyy to complicated for the average user. It just looks like a lot of information scattered on the screen. From the first two videos, it just looks like a much more complicated form of Apple’s software.
August 14th, 2008 at 8:53 am
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August 17th, 2008 at 5:40 pm
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August 17th, 2008 at 6:11 pm
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August 18th, 2008 at 2:53 pm
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August 19th, 2008 at 3:26 pm
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August 19th, 2008 at 10:45 pm
What looks to be important is the forward thinking.
May be displays look complicated in 2D world we are in now. However, when 3D displays comesa, which, I believe is coming, this “complication” will vanish. Good luck, and don’t stop here.
August 24th, 2008 at 7:06 am
Hairspray III?
August 26th, 2008 at 11:55 pm
To “06″
“With All Due Respect”
I Understand Your Pessimistic Perspective. Not To Mention That “You’re Entitled To Have It.”
But…For A Futurist/Visionary Mind, [Grouped W/The Potential Of Those Who Have The Knowledge/Skills To Program, Shape, Color 'N' Give Life To The Conceptual Works] There ‘R’ “No Limits.”
“My Utopia Is What I’ll Never Reach…’N’ That Is The Bottom Of My Imagination.”
September 2nd, 2008 at 4:28 pm
The use of semantic parsing is what’s most fascinating about this concept. However, for mobile devices, I’d much prefer intelligent voice recognition. Imagine this couple’s conversation from the point of view of the handset: “I heard you say ’social.’ Would you prefer to see social events?” This kind of Star Trek tech is still quite a few years off, but it would (will?) be far more usable than learning machine-specific concepts such as “spaces” and “gestures.”
September 10th, 2008 at 12:03 pm
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September 30th, 2008 at 8:42 pm
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July 19th, 2009 at 9:56 pm
This technology is like the technology that the future starships will have in thier computer systems. It is time to now bring that future here and begin it so it will have no choice but to be there in the future timeline as it should be. Lauch it right away and give the future its starting point.
September 16th, 2009 at 11:45 am
My favorite is at 2:09pm.
Tap tap tap – click click click.
“Can’t wait till they come out with the augmented reality glasses,
then we can hold hands and surf the web.”
What kind of problems are we trying to solve again?
How is this thinking into the future?
These scenarios assume the human behavior of today will be the same in 7 years, along with Amazon, and “social networking”.
I’d like to see some scenarios of this electronic changing behavior, not catering to our current consumer, entertainment, media driven mindset.
Nice, quality work though. Also, it would be nice to move the credits to the end – user expectations and all.