Post on 30-Mar-2015
Visualising the use of biometric systems: tackling symbolism, context, and interpretation
Patrick Hofmannpatrick@designpH.com | Sydney
In the next20 minutes
1 Placement and context
2 Biometrics visualisations
Placement
and context
1
What is this?
What is this?
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What is this?
Pointingupward?
Signallingimportance?
Directingmovement?
Denotingfingerprinting?
What is this?
On a flag?
On a calculator?
In a screeninterface?
On a building?
On a medicinebottle?
On a biometricdevice?
What is this?
On a shoppingmall map?
On a food packageor recipe?
On a mobilephone?
On a biometricdevice?
What is this?
On a machinedial or knob?
On a milk cartonor bottle?
On a browser?
On a biometricdevice?
What is this?
In a hardwarestore?
In the margin ofa user guide?
In a cartoon abovesomeone’s head?
On a biometricdevice?
Biometrics
visualisations
2
Full instructions
Intended to be read before using the biometric device
Or placed in the biometric device
Better integrated as individual symbols
into the dynamic feedback of the
biometric device display
Levels of visualisation
Realistic and representative
Symbolic and abstract
Usability challenges
Mobility
Flexibility
Accessibility
Fatigue
Crossover experiences
Usability findings
Context is important
Order is important
Parallelism is important
You can’t simply mix and match
You can’t simply ask ‘What does this
mean?’
More findings tomorrow with
Mary Theofanos
Thank you!
patrick@designpH.com
+61 422 023 797