Aurora: Concept Video Part 3
by Jesse James Garrett
Vimeo’s having a little trouble with their HD streams right now. HD version available soon.
In Part 3 of Aurora, we look at connecting the Web more closely with the physical world.
Credits for Part 3
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
Product Detail Workspace: Dave Shea
Cast
Patrick: Alex Ochoa
Moira: Rebecca Blood
Special Thanks
Ambassador Toys, San Francisco
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August 7th, 2008 at 11:31 am
[...] Concept videos: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 – Design themes (the four major themes or high-priority elements of the browser) – Inside the [...]
August 7th, 2008 at 1:59 pm
[...] Adaptive Path in het nieuws met een nieuw concept dat voor Mozilla Labs is gemaakt. In een aantal cheezy video’s met toelichting door Jesse James Garreth wordt het concept toegelicht. Wat ik (onder andere) [...]
August 7th, 2008 at 4:03 pm
It seems like taking pictures of thing would be unnessesary if you simply used an augmented reality approach. Simply pointing the camera at an object could be enough to display relevant info about the object. You don’t need to make the user select to display the object because the fact that they are pointing their mobile device at it is indicative of the user wanting more info about that object.
August 7th, 2008 at 10:17 pm
Hi from Brazil!
I liked that concept of integration physical with virtual, but i don’t think that’s gonna happen that way, i think that the Aurora Browser, and all another physical parts will be integrated, when you walk in that store, the browser will receive the environment and everything will be accessible. You will go to the store just to “fell in your hands” the products or to talk to another people and sellers about yours desires.
Sorry by my English, good luck with future!
August 8th, 2008 at 2:11 am
I agree with “linkreincarnate’ i dont think taking pictures would happen but think that it scanning some sort of identifier on the object woul blatently happen i.e barcode.
But everything else in this video is doable and probably the best out of the three videos for what could be developed in the future.
Really enjoying the concept and will watch the site with interest.
August 8th, 2008 at 8:23 am
Excellent ideas that would certainly remove the many steps we take to do these kinds of things right now.
The menus around the borders are very handy, but I imagine that what might be even more efficient in this scenario is to use something like the radial menus, shown in the desktop version, rather than having to utilize those menus at the borders. I think radial menus might be best suited to this context because information density comes at a higher cost in terms of real estate and cognition. I point to that excellent debate about Edward Tufte’s vision for the iPhone Weather App that Chris Fahey started, because the point is relevant here.
I’d imagine something as simple as:
1) Point the device at the product and capture the product info via RFID or barcode, maybe there could even be a physical button on the device to begin these types of interactions with physical world. A product browser appears.
2) View product info in this browser and summon radial menu to see your options, which might include: view reviews, browse local or online vendors selling this product, share with someone, etc.
3) Choose what you want to do with this info and you’re done with the device, unless you use it to actually pay for the item in the physical world.
In scenarios like this, I think ultimately people want to use their devices as little as possible in the real world, so a seamless and smooth process would be great.
Very exciting concepts, and the video scenarios have been a really excellent way of illustrating.
August 8th, 2008 at 3:06 pm
[...] Adaptive Path in het nieuws met een nieuw concept dat voor Mozilla Labs is gemaakt. In een aantal cheezy video’s met toelichting door Jesse James Garreth wordt het concept toegelicht. Wat ik (onder andere) [...]
August 10th, 2008 at 10:34 pm
make it happen
i work in a warehouse and we need this
August 11th, 2008 at 10:18 am
Does the Aurora team envision that by the time this concept would become reality, the internet would feature semantically sophisticated AI? I ask because the “review” function presupposes either a neat, tidy, and STANDARDIZED repository of reviews to be accessed in order for that graph to be generated, and to be meaningful (i.e., not just a handful of reviews from one place that could be negated by reviews elsewhere). Otherwise the video presupposes your device’s intelligence in data gathering or roving internet AIs who can fetch and organize this data for you.
August 11th, 2008 at 1:48 pm
This has way too much:
Step 1 collect underpants
Step 3 Profit!
Way too much reliance on conjecture of future tech. hell type name = review into google and you get tons of crap and NOT a review of the product.
August 17th, 2008 at 5:41 pm
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August 24th, 2008 at 4:06 am
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September 12th, 2008 at 5:21 pm
umarım bunlar ıcın cok beklemeyız.zekı ınsanlar sıze ıyı calısmalar tesekkurler
February 9th, 2009 at 11:20 am
I think you guys have ideas worth sharing, but would it be possible to have demonstrations without the unnecessary “scene”? It’s contrived and forced, I feel like I’m watching one of the supplementary videos in my high school German class.
Early adopters are tech people. Make some collateral that uses a direct approach with no fluff. Don’t make me listen to a discussion between two people about a birthday gift before I can see what it is you plan to show me.