Today Tim Parkin did a talk about Prototyping and i found it incredibly useful in clearing up some of the grey areas in my head. I particularly resonated with "show don't tell". As i believe this to be a great way to gather a response for user-centred design.
At the moment my idea is to create an immersive experience through audio and visual material allowing the viewer(participant) to become transported from their stressful urban environment to another place.
My prototype consisted of an audio of beach noises teamed with imagery of tropical fish (cheesy at this point but just a prototype). However, the majority of my user's felt instantly calm and relaxed (this is annotated and reflected upon in detail in my workbook). However the user that helped me the most was the one who had doubts.. He believed that it was contrived, this is because he felt like he was supposed to feel a certain way but he didn't. This was the most helpful part of my day.
My exchange group really enjoyed my idea and agreed with me in that it needs to be more abstract.
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