Location Based Organization Uses

Here are a few of the uses for my main concept -

Location Based Organization and Time Management

Concept 1 - Location Based Organization

Preliminary Concepts Related to Location Based Communication

Concept 1 : Location Based Organization

This system uses GPS and mobile connectivity, along with personal organization software to relate time management to location. An example of this system would be using the grocery store to automatically inform the user of the grocery list and the items pertaining to the list. The system would uses a different method of inputting information rather than the cell phone interface.

From Desktop

The products shown in the concept board are only preliminary concepts and may be changed through further refinement of the system.

Concept 2 - Location Based Information

Preliminary Concepts Related to Location Based Communication

Concept 2 : Location Based Information and Marketing

Using location to inform users about their surrounding. The system can be used to educate users about everyday life, similar to a virtual tour guide. The same system can be tailored for marketing purposes, allowing advertising companies to focus efforts on the markets they wish.

From Desktop

This system will allow users to gain relevant information concerning their environment and make informed decisions regarding purchases and lifestyle

Concept 3 - New Device Interaction

Preliminary Concepts Related to Location Based Communication

Concept 3 - Problems With Device Interaction

A review of the problems people have with using mobile phones and some the ways they can be tackled.

From Desktop

Note the Prayer Position which often results in distraction and can lead to injury. These concepts are designed to move the user's eyes out of the phone and into the environment around them.

People In Action

A look at Gen-Y using technology - Laptops, Cell Phones and Media Players

As you can see there are many people absorbed in their devices, all seem to be in the BB prayer.

Problems, Opportunities, Scenarios and Preliminary Concepts

Here are a few of the problems I have been looking at dealing with how people interact with their mobile devices, and some of the early opportunities I see with using location based technologies with these devices.

Problems With Mobile Devices

Observations of GPS and Location Based Services

People in Routines

Preliminary Concepts

Let me know what you think.

Interactive Location Based Communication - Key Points

Interactive Location Based Communication - Tentative Project Brief

Opportunity

- Eyes are too focused on devices, and not enough on the environments around them

- leads to accidents and injuries

- People are interacting more with devices, and less with people

- eyes out of environments, not aware of people/actions around them

- Location based services under utilized

- GPS and other location based technologies have great potential to deliver information to users

- interactive games such as geocaching show great promise with the use of location based services

- Interaction with devices is limited

- fingers and thumbs are the furthest extent

- Incorporate the great technologies that already exist with mobile devices

- enable Bluetooth, GPS, and mobile internet to deliver new interactions for the users

- People constantly following same routines

- possibilities to use these routines to deliver relevant information to aid users in their everyday lives

Measures of Success

- Moving people out of their devices and allowing them to interact with their environments

- Allowing the environments where a user interacts to deliver information, rather than the users having to search for such information such as through smartphone apps

- Enabling other areas of the body to allow for interaction with devices / environment

- Deliver a product that combines existing technology to deliver a holistic solution to how users interact with their devices

Proposed Solutions

- an accessory that uses technology to allow for GPS and smartphone use without forcing people into smartphone prayers

- a device which uses GPS as a personal data organizer, keeping in mind time and location

- a device which enables an emotional element to interacting to a device using voice to text and other technologies