IUAV Interaction Design Thesis Projects » Mobile

Demo: A game about democracy

Nicola_Plaisant — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 07:50:12 +0000

Demo is a video game to encourage people to take an interest in the democratic process. It allows users to play and compose music together—but in order to play they must first read news items and vote on opinion polls taken from Yahoo! News: Politics. The research’s target audience is teenagers and young people, aiming to involve them in political debate and make them understand media bias and the importance of free information. [More]

Greengrowers: A location-based game for Venice

Ivan_Provenzale — Tue, 19 May 2009 10:06:59 +0000

Greengrowers is a location-based game for iPhone. Using GPS technology, players can plant virtual seeds in Venetian squares: the aim is to grow and make virtual plants bloom before others do. To make their plants grow, players can use (site-specific) humus, water and sun (from real weather data), and an increasing set of tools. Winners receive real seeds that local institutions will plant in the players’ favourite square. [More]

Laundrym: An interactive laundrette service

Martina_Pagura — Tue, 19 May 2009 10:02:59 +0000

The aim of Laundrym is to make an ecological and useful service both attractive and convenient. The project concerns both a mobile phone service that allows people to reserve and monitor machines and to contact their friends to arrange to socialise while their laundry is being done, as well as the design of a simple interface (using RFID technology) for a highly complex washing machine. [More]

Trace: Create, share, find travel experiences

Davide_Cocchi — Tue, 19 May 2009 09:47:50 +0000

Trace is the study of an iPhone software application and its graphic interface. It allows people to record and share their routes and experiences. The user-generated, geotagged travel contents comprise notes, tips, photos, videos and audio recordings. People can contribute individually to broadening or modifying existing routes, characterizing and making them unique. The software and service- system is applied to the Parco Naturale dei Castelli Romani, a national park near Rome. [More]

SimpliCity: multi-channel event and location guide

Pamela Moscarda — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:40:02 +0000

SimpliCity is a service that offers the city an innovative way to improve the visibility of events and locations, integrating the physical and virtual world. It brings technological innovation to the distribution of information, that today can satisfy people’s request for multi-modality and access to information in different ways using different devices in different places. [More]