Welcome to wearIT UCD Area (User Centred Design)

Welcome to a short journey into the world of Wear IT Hi-Tech Hi-Touch* Ecology.

As in the “green” ecological world, it is about interactions between the different elements of the system, it is about (organisational) climate, it is about delicate balance between conflicting forces, it is about the conditions which might can lead to renewal or stagnation.

Unlike the physical world ecology, the Wear IT ecology is related not only to physical phenomena but also to less tangible factors, such as human, social and organisational ones.

In the UCD part of wearIT portal, you are invited to the following sections:

• Why bother - learn why designers and implementers of wearable computing system should bother about social and human factors
• The factors – browse between the human, social and organisational factors
• UCD methodology - explore the unique User Centric approach we use
• UCD survey – complete a survey – and help us prioritize the human and social factors
• Resources – find good papers and links to UCD related issues
• Imagine! – how a wearable computing system that fully address the human and social factors looks like. Read our vision
• UCD team – meet the small group of experts that handle the human and social factors
• UCD forum – participate in an on-line conversation about UCD