Young Designers '13

Diploma Project

User-vehicle Connectivity – A Vision of Future Vehicle Spaces

Keywords

Mobility ecosystem
Multi-modalities
User interface design
Futuristic

Student

Prateek Upreti

Guide

Gourab Kar

gourab@nid.edu

Sponsor

Mahindra Reva Electric Vehicles Ltd., Bengaluru

Synopsis

The scope of work spanned the generation and development of innovative interaction design concepts for the interface of the client’s next generation electric vehicle. The communication between the physical and digital display and control elements with a reduced driver distraction were key pointers for the project. The design of a multimodal interaction model comprising of voice, gesture and touch interfaces was instrumental in providing a framework for the user-vehicle interactions.

The project concluded with an interface mock-up which materialised the vision of the possible interactive element in the vehicle. The layouts and structures were designed to be utilised as a core for further development in terms of aesthetics and manufacturability of the components.