BLACKSBURG, Va., March 27, 2015 – This week was an important week for the team Kool Katz, consisting of the three developers, Laura Avakian, Seth Canon, and Ryan Kiel. Kool Katz presented their current state to their Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) class of potential users.
The group presented to the class the general overview of the project, the current state, where they are going, gave a demonstration of the medium fidelity prototype, and then answered a battery of questions about the project.
As mentioned last week, the medium fidelity prototype was created using POP, or Prototyping On Paper. This allowed the group’s high fidelity sketches, and ideas about how the app will operate to come to life on an iOS device, which is the device that this app will be used on once it is developed. This enabled the class to easily envision the app, and thus ask in-depth, important questions about the functionality and features of the app.
For example, Dr. Luther, the professor of the HCI class, brought up some solid points about the social interaction that will go on with the app. A few of the other questions had to do with how the app will work, in terms of a backend server versus just having the data available in the app, and the peculiarities of the app, including a suggested rating system or a system that allows users to be ranked.
The team now has a list of considerations and ideas to think about, which will be further explored now that the development of the app can begin.
Next week, the team will finally begin their eagerly-awaited stage of the project now that much of the design has been conducted: development! They first will begin creating a basic, functional skeleton of the app, and then will dive in to the features. Stay tuned!
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