Des-Fi demonstrates a methodology to generate concepts for the future. As companies want to keep moving forward, making decisions to move their development towards a certain field can be a risk. Therefore, I have positioned myself as a freelance designer, focused at providing this futuring service with a HCI perspective. During this project I developed this workflow, with ‘AR for the Smart Home’ as case study.
The core of the workflow is based around multi-medial prototyping. A mix of film, virtual reality, augmented reality and other experienceable prototyping methods allow for easily envisionable future visions. The methods used in the process can be summarized in four steps: 1: understanding the context and current developments in the field. 2: World building, through the creation of a wide set of concept. 3: Rapid video prototyping with concepts build on the earlier created world. 4: High-fidelity videos and experienceable prototypes.