Peggasus988’s Weblog

For this project I have been asked to look into remaking the interface for Sky, the actual brief is as follows but I have some ideas already;

Devise a new method for users to physically interact with Sky content for channels Sky Sports, Sky News, Sky Movies or Sky One. Consider the range of physical devices that could provide the user with novel or unusual modes of interaction. For example look at the Wii & PS3 technology that allow users to fully interact with a game via their gyro-based remotes or the Touch screen technologies such as those developed by Jeff Han at NYU.

Consider the nature of our experience of television, film and multimedia in solitary and social contexts. Look at other examples of digital communities such as the online gaming community. Your ideas do not have to be TV, they could be mobile, web or any other device/medium you propose or a combination of several of these.Consider mobile devices and Web interaction being integrated to the concept rather than supporting media.

From this I have posed myself several questions, what is wrong with the interface already, who is my target audience and quite obviously how can I solve the problem I pose. I have currently thought about two issues within the Sky medium, one is to look at ways in which to make Sky more child friendly in terms of learning. Another is to make it more interesting to a child. Furthermore I will consider in what ways I can make the interface more interesting and usable to the user.

Aside from the problems I have just stated I have come up with a new and interesting problem “How can I make an interface that is interesting and accessable to all target groups” an Interface of this caliber would have to be different to each age group and personalized in the same way. My immediate ideas are having the home base as a house and having separate rooms in the house devoted to different age groups or people. these rooms can then be personalized by the people using them from different remote controls to different wallpapers and programs. I am going to be thinking on this while I research, however the next part of my blog will be solely research.

From the time of writing this I have moving my written wordings to another word press, simply because I am now in a group called Peggsybrew TV, so if you want to check it out the link is below;

http://peggsybrewtv.wordpress.com