GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Under the provisions of the regulations for the degree
MASTER OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN
on Wednesday, April 20, 2022
11:00 am – 01:00 pm
Online
will be held the
Thesis DEFENSE
for
Zisheng Tong
Augmenting reading experience of printed media by bridging digital media on the Internet
Advisor:
Dr. Hyunjoo Oh, Assistant Professor, Schools of Industrial Design
Committee:
Purdy Timothy G, Senior Lecturer, School of Industrial Design
Dr. Leila Aflatoony, Assistant Professor, Schools of Industrial Design
Faculty and students are invited to attend this presentation.
Abstract: 229 words
Reading printed books was once the most common and crucial way to acquire information. However, compared to emerging ways of getting information via interactive technologies, there are limitations in printed media. First, the information is presented in a single way, restricted to static media such as text and images. Also, information in books published a long time ago often needs to be updated.
This thesis investigates how to design a new reading experience using the smartphone application with AR technology. This approach combines traditional printed book reading with related digital media available on the web to improve the reading experience. That is, readers can access the latest ideas and information on the Internet where the authors and/or publishers can update the content accordingly. Through dynamic interactions with digital media, readers can have more engaging experiences.
In order to demonstrate new possibilities using the proposed method, Art history and data visualization books, “The story of art (E.H.Gombrich, 2010)” and “Factfulness” (Hans Rosling, 2017)”, are selected and seven interactive functions are applied. Then, applying the prototype, a user test with nine graduate students was conducted to validate the proposed method. The findings reflect a great potential that interactive experience using the method can improve both engagement and comprehension of the contents while critical usability issues remain. This thesis is concluded with a discussion on limitations and future work.
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