{"product_id":"brave-nui-world-designing-natural-user-interfaces-for-touch-and-gesture-paperback-9780123822314","title":"Brave NUI World; Designing Natural User Interfaces for Touch and Gesture (Paperback \/ softback) 9780123822314","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBrave NUI World\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eDesigning Natural User Interfaces for Touch and Gesture\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first practical guide for designing touch based interfaces… at your fingertips\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDaniel Wigdor (Author), Dennis Wixon (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780123822314, Elsevier Science\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 5 April 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e264 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.4 x 19 x 1.8 cm, 0.63 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Brave Nui World by Daniel Wigdor and Dennis Wixon is a must read for anyone involved in creating compelling user interfaces using modern technology and who, after testing, say ‘Why didn’t that design work the way it was intended?’ To novices in the field, it will read as a how-to guide. For seasoned designers, it reads like a novel where you suspect the outcome but there is usually a twist in the plot, giving you that extra idea to think again. I genuinely enjoyed it and I am not likely to put it away soon.\"—\u003cb\u003ePaul Neervoort, Lead User Experience Design, Philips Design\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A good grounding framework that immediately kindles ideas of how best to use NUI.  Based on the developments of the past few decades, it provides solid foundations of NUI and develops these with the use of specific examples.While this isn't a cookbook, it does provide clear thematic guidance on how to make your NUI experience excel.  The book covers basic through to advanced concepts in a very clear way.  Good for reference, but even better if you read it cover to cover - you will grow immeasurably.\"--\u003cb\u003eDylan Evans, Principal Usability Consultant, Veluuria\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Interfaces are moving beyond our usual computers and into many facets of our lives. The way we design these interfaces is changing too. \u003ci\u003eBrave NUI World \u003c\/i\u003ehelps highlight the new considerations you will need when designing for NUIs.\"--\u003cb\u003eDaniel Naumann, User Experience Designer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Wigdor and Wixon, both researchers working on the Microsoft Surface project, present this conceptual design guide for creating natural user interfaces (NUI) for next generation computer hardware. Covering technologies such as the Surface and other multi-touch and gestural devices, the authors discuss a variety of interface techniques and problems noting each issue's compliance with NUI guiding principles and recommending ways in which new development could more closely adhere to the NUI standards. The work includes numerous illustrations and tables.\"--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Book News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"From a User Experience design perspective, touch and gestural interfaces are relatively new and there is a lot to be learnt. A good book to get your feet wet is Brave NUI World: Designing Natural User Interfaces for Touch and Gesture by Daniel Wigdor, Dennis Wixon…The style is more text-bookish, but this book promises to be a valuable reference guide for those designing for touch and gestures.\"\u003ci\u003e--\u003cb\u003eThe Great Remix.com\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrave NUI World\u003c\/i\u003e is the first practical guide for designing touch- and gesture-based user interfaces. Written by the team from Microsoft that developed the multi-touch, multi-user Surface® tabletop product, it introduces the reader to natural user interfaces (NUI). It gives readers the necessary tools and information to integrate touch and gesture practices into daily work, presenting scenarios, problem solving, metaphors, and techniques intended to avoid making mistakes.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThis book considers diverse user needs and context, real world successes and failures, and the future of NUI. It presents thirty scenarios, giving practitioners a multitude of considerations for making informed design decisions and helping to ensure that missteps are never made again.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe book will be of value to game designers as well as practitioners, researchers, and students interested in learning about user experience design, user interface design, interaction design, software design, human computer interaction, human factors, information design, and information architecture. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart I: Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003col\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Natural User Interface\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEcological Niche: Computing and the Social Environment \u0026amp; Ways of Working\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart II: Design Ethos of NUI\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLess is More\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eContextual Environments\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpatial\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSocial\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSeamless\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSuper Real\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScaffolding\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUser Differentiation\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart III: New Technologies: Understanding \u0026amp; Technological Artefacts\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe State-Model of Input Devices\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFat Fingers\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNo Touch Left Behind\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTouch vs. In-Air Gestures\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart IV: Creating an Interaction Language\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMDA Revisited\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew Primitives\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnatomy of a Gesture\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMakes a good Gesture Language\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSelf-Revealing Gestures\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMode and Flow of a Gesture System\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart V: No such thing as Touch\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKnow your platform: Vision, Resistive, Capacitive, etc.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Fundamentals Have to Work\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNumber of Contacts\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eContact Data: Shape, Pressure, and Hover\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVertical\/Horizontal\/Mobile\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart VI: Process: How do You Get There?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNUI UDI (User Defined Interface) and the Myth of the ‘Natural Gesture Set’.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFalse Recognition\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRITE With a Purpose\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart VII: Conclusion\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConclusion: A word About Engineering\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Human-computer interaction [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Human-computer interaction\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Human-computer%20interaction%20%5BUYZ%5D%22\"\u003eUYZ\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Morgan Kaufmann","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46648512315672,"sku":"9780123822314","price":26.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780123822314.jpg?v=1695014040","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/brave-nui-world-designing-natural-user-interfaces-for-touch-and-gesture-paperback-9780123822314","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}