http://artefactgroup.com/frontier Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:40:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Immediately after encountering the Latte printer, I hit the Exhibit Hall, starting with the New Tech Demos. Here I encountered presentations of all the kinds I had imagined on my way to the conference. From augmented reality to tangible interactions, as well as stereographic (S3D) immersive environments (red-blue glasses only), ... http://artefactgroup.com/frontier/2008/08/15/siggraph-2008-the-full-report/ Running into the creator of the Latte printer, of recent Maker fame, at Siggraph was an early highlight of my first day attending the conference. When he offered to print any image of my choice on a Latte right there I just had to commemorate my arrival with the Artefact ... http://artefactgroup.com/frontier/2008/08/14/artefact-arrives-at-siggraph-2008/ As our business matures and continues to grow, we are constantly looking for new talent to partner with us in our drive for successful user experiences. A major component of that success stems from our belief in quality research to inform our design decisions. We'd like to warmly welcome ... http://artefactgroup.com/frontier/2008/07/17/artefact-welcomes-dave-mccolgin/ The voyage continues as we evolve the research group within Artefact. Today we are happy to introduce our latest member, Gabriel Biller! As we pay homage to our research deities, let's talk a bit about how Gabe found a place near and dear to our hearts. Gabe  joins us from the ... http://artefactgroup.com/frontier/2008/07/17/artefact-welcomes-gabe-biller/ The videos from the Seattle IxDA Brave New World event are finally up! Thanks for all your patience. Constructive feedback and witty commentary are warmly welcome. Enjoy! Sabrina Boler in The Beginnings of NUI Dennis Wixon in The Shock of NUI   Keep in touch because we will be posting more content up related to our DIY multi ... http://artefactgroup.com/frontier/2008/07/08/ixda-june-presentations-video/ We made it! The Seattle IxDA June event was a huge success! Everything but a dying laptop battery made for a delightful evening filled with great discussions, greater awareness of interaction design and increased curiosity for natural user interfaces. Before going into further detail on how the night went down, we wanted ... http://artefactgroup.com/frontier/2008/06/27/conquering-the-brave-nui-world/ This past Thursday saw the 2nd annual IDSA design debate held at the Olympic Sculpture Park in downtown Seattle.  A decent-sized crowd showed up for drinks and hors d'oeuvres and subsequent righteous debate on design. On panel were Anne Traver (graphic design), Bill Buxton (interaction design), Bill Gaylord (architecture), and Jill Solberg ... http://artefactgroup.com/frontier/2008/06/10/round-1-fight/ The Seattle Interaction Design Association group would like to officially invite all members and students to the next event!  We're very excited to announce that the theme of this event will be on natural user interfaces (NUI) and the future. We will spend some time exploring NUI interactions and the ... http://artefactgroup.com/frontier/2008/06/09/ixda-seattle-june-event-tangible-futures/ Northwest Chapter IDSA is holding their 2nd annual Design Debate today at Olympic Sculpture Park. This year's theme is "What if we designed with nature as our model?" Sound interesting huh? We thought so too! It almost reminds us of a great TED presentation by Janine Benyus [mp3] who did a ... http://artefactgroup.com/frontier/2008/06/05/the-design-debate-2008/   Today, the WorldWide Telescope was released as a public beta by Microsoft. It is now available for download at http://www.worldwidetelescope.org. The WorldWide Telescope is virtual telescope software for browsing imagery of the universe from a variety of sources. This learning resource provides a smooth and seamless user experience that allows users ... http://artefactgroup.com/frontier/2008/05/13/worldwide-telescope/