Yu Centrik

We have finally posted our presentation from World Usability Day on November 13th.  Problems of the human attentional system in driving situations were introduced to demonstrate what we must account for when designing for real drivers.

What follows is a two-part presentation. The first, in French, defines exactly what we mean by a distraction before presenting the attentional system and its involvement in situations where distractions intervene.

The second part, in English, shows technology as a dangerous DISTRACTOR in a driving task. Different scientific approaches to model, measure, evaluate and improve interactions are presented in the context of user experience.

Part 1 (french):

Part 2 (english):

World Usability Day aims to promote usability across different countries of the world by inspiring activities and events. The day focuses on showcasing easy-to-learn, easy-to-use, efficient and effective product developments which have been significantly impacted by the concept of usability. The theme of this fourth WUD is transportation. In Quebec, we will celebrate the event in Montreal (CRIM) and Quebec City simultaneously. The event will take place from 18h to 20h in a “happy hour” format. More details to come soon.

An overview of last year’s WUD (8 November 2007)

Yu Centrik’s team will be attending and presenting at the event.