National Center for
Supercomputing Applications
Outreach Proposal
National Center for
Supercomputing Applications
Outreach Proposal
The client sought to raise awareness of their resources among industry professionals and university students.
My team created an AR-enhanced trivia game showcasing NCSA's history and past work to support outreach efforts.
Client
NCSA
Date
January - May 2024
Key Contributions
Prototyping
Persona Building
Problem Identification
Research
Conducted user interviews with NCSA staff and university students to understand pain points and frustrations
Organized secondary research on augmented reality and wayfinding
Conducted user interviews with NCSA staff and university students to understand pain points and frustrations
Organized secondary research on augmented reality and wayfinding
Informing decision-making: Research provides data and evidence to support design decisions. It helps designers make informed choices about layout, color schemes, typography, and other design elements, leading to more effective and user-friendly websites
Research
Conducted user interviews with NCSA staff and university students to understand pain points and frustrations
Organized secondary research on augmented reality and wayfinding
Informing decision-making: Research provides data and evidence to support design decisions. It helps designers make informed choices about layout, color schemes, typography, and other design elements, leading to more effective and user-friendly websites
The Problem
People are not coming to the building
Insufficient staffing for services
Lack of awareness surrounding NCSA resources and history
People are not coming to the building
Insufficient staffing for services
Lack of awareness surrounding NCSA resources and history
The Problem
People are not coming to the building
Insufficient staffing for services
Lack of awareness surrounding NCSA resources and history
Ideate
Based on research and synthesis, we identified a need to educate potential NCSA users remotely about the building, increasing interest in its facilities and reducing the strain of limited resources to conduct tours.
Based on research and synthesis, we identified a need to educate potential NCSA users remotely about the building, increasing interest in its facilities and reducing the strain of limited resources to conduct tours.
Ideate
Based on research and synthesis, we identified a need to educate potential NCSA users remotely about the building, increasing interest in its facilities and reducing the strain of limited resources to conduct tours.
How might we provide an engaging remote tour experience that supplements
current in-person tours to generate more awareness of the NCSA?
How might we provide an engaging remote tour experience that supplements current in-person tours to generate
more awareness of the NCSA?
How might we provide an engaging remote tour experience that supplements current in-person tours to generate more awareness of the NCSA?
We developed a trivia game with AR components focused on showing the history and past work of the NCSA to generate more awareness of what it has to offer.
We developed a
trivia game with AR components focused on showing the history and past work of the NCSA to generate more awareness of what it has to offer.
We developed a trivia game with AR components focused on showing the history and past work of
the NCSA to generate more awareness of what it
has to offer.
Reduces burden on staff
Reduces burden on staff
Reduces burden on staff
Low barrier to entry — provides remote access
Low barrier to entry — provides remote access
Low barrier to entry — provides remote access
Fun and familiar
way to learn
Fun and familiar way to learn
Fun and familiar way to learn
The user has the option to choose between 5 paths
By providing options, the user will be more connected and engaged in the experience
The user has the option to choose between 5 paths
By providing options, the user will be more connected and engaged in the experience
The user has the option to choose between 5 paths
By providing options, the user will be more connected and engaged in the experience
Using AR software, there is an opportunity to engage with recent visualizations or models relating to the given question
This can give a resemblance to an in-person tour experience
Using AR software, there is an opportunity to engage with recent visualizations or models relating to the given question
This can give a resemblance to an in-person tour experience
Using AR software, there is an opportunity to engage with recent visualizations or models relating to the given question
This can give a resemblance to an
in-person tour experience
