Zero UI refers to a paradigm where our movements, voice, glances, and even thoughts can all cause systems to respond to us through our environment. At its extreme, it implies a screen-less, invisible user interface where natural gestures trigger interactions, as if the user was communicating to another person. It is brought about by the emergence and eventual mainstream adoption of sensors, wearables, distributed computers, data analytics, connected everything, where anticipatory, adaptive and contextually aware systems provide what we want when we want it – “by magic” This presentation explores the contexts, scenarios, and uses of Zero UI, what it will mean to live alongside or even “inside” them. Zero UI will not be limited to personal devices but will extend to homes, entire cities, even environments and ecosystems, and as a result have a massive impact on society as a whole.

1. ZEROUI
Andy Goodman
@goodmania

2. WHAT IS ZERO UI?

3. WHY DOES IT MATTER?

4. AT FJORD WE TALK A LOT ABOUT
“LIVING SERVICES”

5. LIVING SERVICES ARE THE RESULT
OF TWO FORCES

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THE DIGITISATION OF
EVERYTHING +
HUMAN EXPECTATIONS

7. WE’VE
COME
A HELL
OF A
LONG
WAY

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D E S I G N A N D I N N O V A T I O N

11. “ALL WATCHED OVER BY MACHINES OF
LOVING GRACE”
Adam Curtis documentary, BBC 2011

12. 2020 POST-HUMAN
INTERFACE?
D E S I G N A N D I N N O V A T I O N

21. “An integrated approach using insights
from design methods to guide business
strategy and shape product, service
and process development from an early
stage, enabling innovation based on an
advanced understanding of user and
market requirements.”
David Kester, former CEO Design Council

22. “An integrated approach using insights
from design methods to guide business
strategy and shape product, service
and process development from an early
stage, enabling innovation based on an
advanced understanding of user and
market requirements, and
computational systems that monitor,
anticipate and adapt based on human
desire

23. TIME
MONEY
PHYSICAL EFFORT
BRAIN CYCLES
SOCIAL DEVIANCE
NON ROUTINE
From BJ Fogg: Persuasive Technology
ZERO UI MINIMISES THE “COST” TO THE USER

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LIGHT TOUCH MATTERS

25. FIGHTING OBESITY

26. DEALING WITH CHILDHOOD DIABETES

28. CASE STUDY: PHILLIPS & EMOTIV
REGAINING CONTROL

29. BRAIN CONTROL OF COMPLEX
HOME ENVIRONMENT

30. PERMEABLE BEINGS:
DESIGN FICTION THAT GETS UNDER
YOUR SKIN

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§ HAPTIC – LANGUAGE OF TOUCH
§ GESTURAL UI (NATURAL MOTION)
§ AUDIO SIGNAGE
NEW INTERACTION PATTERNS,
NEW LANGUAGE
§ AMBIENT SIGNAGE
§ OLED MATERIALS
§ ANTICIPATORY SERVICES

44. 4-D hypercube
DESIGNING FOR ZERO UI IS LIKE
MOVING FROM 3 TO 4 DIMENSIONS

45. ZERO UI
Andy Goodman
@goodmania
D E S I G N A N D I N N O V A T I O N