Experiential Design

1. Content - Factors that "define" the story

Content of VR application can be categorized as

• Goal
• Style - realism, cartoon and etc
• Subject matter
• Target user
• Avatar

2. Context - Factors that make the scene "right"

• Situational
• Believability
• Cultures
• Naturalism - temperature, climatic, atmosphere

3. Space and Form - Factors that "builds" the scene

• The setting and topography of the scene/landscape
• The definition on the objects within the given space
• The dimension and volumetric space in proportion with each other
• All of the above will determine the focus of the setting and physical layout of the interaction
• *Consideration of shape texture, tone, value and color must be at this stage

4. Emotion - Factors that give "mood" to the scene

• Portrayal of various feeling
• Expression (psychology, physiology) body language, facial expression
• Empathy
• Colors

5. Interaction - Factors that makes you "do tasks" in the scene

• Fluent - automatic and skilled interactions with products
• Cognitive - interactions that fokus on the product at hand; result in knowledge or confusion and error
• Expressive - interactions that help the user form a relationship to the product