UXbyDesign: A User Experience Blog by Bradley Hebdon

Palm Pre: on the heals of the iPhone

Posted on 25. Jan, 2009 by Bradley Hebdon.

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It looks like this is the year of Messiah. First Obama, and now the Palm Pre. That’s right, this could truly be the savior for Palm, and at the same time, perhaps Sprint too. Yes, believe it or not, Sprint has actually landed a state-of-the-art mobile device that another provider won’t offer – at least [...]

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Arsenal fans could catch replays, live action on Sony's PSP

Posted on 22. Jan, 2009 by Bradley Hebdon.

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One of the biggest downsides to catching an event in-stadium is the inability to see instant replays. Oh sure, a few venues play back sequences for the fanatics in attendance, but you’ll still get a much better angle from the comfort of your own couch. English soccer club Arsenal is hoping to remove that obstacle [...]

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The Sprinter's "bling" paradox

Posted on 22. Aug, 2008 by Bradley Hebdon.

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I was watching the track & field participants in the Olympic sprinting events, and noticed huge, flashy, HEAVY gold anchors hanging around their necks. Mind you, they did streamline the rest of their bodies with Flash Gordon shoes, X-men shades and Spiderman suits. In an effort to be as light and drag-free as possible, there’s something very amusing [...]

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Football Superstars: the future of online multiplayer sports gaming

Posted on 20. Aug, 2008 by Bradley Hebdon.

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It seems yet another virtual world has been spawned. This time in the form of a soccer-centric universe that offers an experience for playing on and off the field. (Second Life meets soccer).
Playing the Massively Multi-player Online game (MMOG), you can play in virtual matches online against other people around the world. The key differentiator is that you only [...]

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NBC Olympics: Commercials over goals

Posted on 20. Aug, 2008 by Bradley Hebdon.

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Watching Brazil against Argentina in the semi-final of the Olympics, I felt like I was in a timewarp back to the late 1980’s. That’s because NBC, in their infinite stupidity, are breaking for TV commercials in the middle of the game.
And just as it routinely happened in the late 1980’s (including the 1986 World Cup [...]

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Robot developed with non-verbal communications skills

Posted on 30. Oct, 2007 by Bradley Hebdon.

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Researchers at Japan’s National Institute of Information and Communications Technology have developed a humanoid bot that can use communicate using gestures. The 187-pound robot stands about five feet tall and uses a 3D vision system to recognize gestures like pointing and bowing and determine their meaning — and then use the same gestures when appropriate.

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U-Tsu-Shi-O-Mi Virtual Humanoid

Posted on 28. Oct, 2007 by Bradley Hebdon.

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Destined to support you in your state of involuntary abstinence, the U-Tsu-Shi-O-Mi system maps a pretty girl onto the robot’s anatomically correct, green-cloth surface with the help of a sensor-equipped head-mounted display worn by the lonely, lonely man. The result is a 3D character you can touch and “interact” with. Researcher Michihiko Shoji hopes that [...]

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Second Life: Freedom Vs. Structure

Posted on 30. Mar, 2007 by Bradley Hebdon.

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I recently attended a Second Life demonstration at the Information Architecture Summit in Las Vegas, which by the way is as an ironic place as you get for hosting such an event. Information Architecture in Vegas? Well it may exist, but lets just say if it does, its been designed with the purpose to be [...]