Week 5.3 Refining our Visor Interface (HUD Research)

(Ruth) Researching HUD Interfaces and Applying This to Our Visor Design:

After talking with Klaus on Friday morning we realised we really needed to do better with the design of the map and arrows on our visor... as they are really ugly... I did some research and just looked at lots of imagery for style inspiration as well as the technicalities of object placement in the field of vision. 

The main action points I picked up from this research were:

• We need to fix the colours. Traditional digital displays are bright 'glowy' looking colours.
• Square maps are a no-go
• Look at style? Try geometric options?
• We need to be careful not to add unnecessary visual distractions, this is an emergency situation so we need to make sure our interface assists this rather than making things harder and more complicated.

Before and after map designs:

Video of my changes so far, including the new map:

-Ruth