Blacksburg, VA, March 20, 2015: The team at Pass It On! Inc have been hard at work for the past week developing prototypes for an upcoming demo. The team believes they have came up with a solid design that everyone will be excited to see. With the user experience in mind, the team plans to move forward into evaluation and to begin full development soon.
“It is exciting to see a product take form as we begin prototyping. The research we did and other steps we took are finally coalescing into a product and it is only a matter of time before we go live and make a difference” Minahm Kim
For prototyping, the team wanted to evaluate a wide range of possibilities from phone application development to website development and possibly even to smartwatch usability. Though the team felt some of the ideas fell short in the end, they wanted to evaluate as many options as possible to ensure the best experience for the user. With this in mind the team has decided to move forward developing Pass It On! solely as a website with the idea being to integrate both mobile and desktop environments for the widest possible usability scenarios.
“Prototyping is fun because it lets the whole team be truly creative. During our brainstorming process we’re able to come up with ideas that we hadn’t originally considered. I’m looking forward to showing off our prototype soon!” Matthew Chittum
“Designing the mockups was great fun, I’ve done mock ups for a website before but I’ve never gotten to do one for a Smartwatch!” Joshua White
In the upcoming weeks, the team plans to expand their prototype even further to encompass as many features as possible for a full evaluation. A full evaluation will involve a presentation of the team’s best design ideas to peers in the industry and the sponsor. This will be a great opportunity for the team to hear feedback about good or bad ideas. Beyond that, the team is also currently finalizing plans to fully implement the site, with plans to release an initial version in late May. If you are interested in participating in prototype evaluation, email Alex!
“I look forward to our presentation next week as we finally be able to unveil some ideas, and we will also be getting some valuable feedback from our peers and mentors.” Alex Ciccone
