Envisioning Holograms: Design Breakthrough Experiences for Mixed Reality - Paperback

by M. Pell (Author)

Explores the hot, new Mixed Reality technology for business, education, and entertainment
Helps you envision and design compelling user experiences
Covers Microsoft's state-of-the-art HoloLens

Back Jacket

Explore the approach, techniques, and mindshift needed to design truly breakthrough experiences for the Microsoft HoloLens and Windows Mixed Reality platform. Learn what's so different about working with holograms, how to think spatially, and where to start designing your own holographic projects. You'll move rapidly from initial concept to persuasive prototype--all without the need for expensive tools or a designer's skill set. Designing for mixed reality is a completely new experience for everyone involved, and takes some experimentation to get right. You won't nail your first mixed reality project by relying upon your previous mobile or web design expertise as a guide. Mixed reality requires a different kind of design thinking for its unique challenges.
Breakthrough holographic design starts with envisioning--the act of visualizing what could be. By rapidly depicting a desired experience and trying out its real-world interactions, you can quickly turn your initial vision into a tangible example of innovative design. Envisioning Holograms digs into why holographic computing is the future, takes you through the mixed reality design process, and gets you ready to take advantage of its endless opportunities.
What You'll Learn:

• Understand what makes mixed reality a challenging design space
  
• See how envisioning quickly and persuasively brings ideas to life
  
• Get to know your audience, medium, and palette
  
• Explore several innovative rapid envisioning techniques
  
• Identify the key elements of your own holographic experience
  
• Design an engaging holographic experience from start to finish

Author Biography

M. Pell leads Design for The Microsoft Garage, the company's outlet for experimental projects and curiosity-fueled exploration. Bold, insightful, and uncompromising, Pell is recognized as a Design thought leader in the field of Holographic Envisioning and next-gen Data Visualization.

As a lifelong Designer/Coder, Pell has consistently been on the leading edge of technology and innovation over his 30-year career. Highlights include creating the first stylized font menu at the dawn of the Macintosh (MenuFonts), working with Pixar to pioneer 3D type generation with RenderMan (TextMan), co-inventing electronic document interchange (Adobe Acrobat), conceptualizing dynamic 3D information (InfoSpaces), developing a rapid design method (Fast Design), and being the inventor on 12 US patents for software.

Pell is a dynamic, passionate presenter on a variety of current design topics. His evolution from intrepid entrepreneur, to VC-backed startup veteran, to corporate man for Adobe and Microsoft has given him a truly unique perspective on combining business, experience, and technology.