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Mathew Peterson
Owner, Shiny Things mat@getshinythings.com
We Make Education Apps
- Children have issues with fine motor
skills.
- Little understanding of onscreen
elements.
- They love to hold things the “wrong”
Mathew Peterson Owner, Shiny Things mat@getshinythings.com We Make - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Mathew Peterson Owner, Shiny Things mat@getshinythings.com We Make - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Mathew Peterson Owner, Shiny Things mat@getshinythings.com We Make Education Apps Children have issues with fine motor skills. Little understanding of onscreen elements. They love to hold things the wrong way. Stepping
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Stepping Stones
- Create Paths to guide you through the
day.
- Visual, audio or text prompts.
- Designed to harness technology to
increase independence and flexibility.
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Current & Future Advancements
- Touch Screens
- Visual
- Gestures
- Connectivity
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Touch Screens
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Siri
- Siri can now control basic functions of
your iPhone, like opening apps or changing settings.
- Reminder + Notes + Maps + Find My
Friends.
- If Apple opens Siri up to 3rd party
developers it becomes very exciting.
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Switch Control
- Allows the device to be controlled
through an adaptive accessory, like the camera.
- It’s a very powerful tool when combined
with VoiceOver.
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Haptic Technology
- Creates the illusion that a piece of glass
is a tactile surface to provide non-visual feedback.
- Apple Dual Motor feedback patent.
- Dynamic haptic buttons.
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Visual
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Oculus Rift
- Immersive visual environment.
- Enables the creation of virtual worlds.
- Do you have an idea how it could be
used?
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Google Glass
- Hands free. Can be used either as a
visual or auditory tool.
- Extremely simple spoken or touch
interface.
- Front facing camera makes it a handy
diagnostic tool via video chat.
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Gestures
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Kinect
- It can detect any type of gesture with
excellent range.
- Highly customisable. If you can think of
a new way of interacting with it, it can probably be done.
- Cheap and readily available.
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Leap Motion
- Can be used to manipulate a PC without
the use of a keyboard or mouse.
- Can detect up to 10 digits or objects.
- Very cheap and flexible.
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Connectivity
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Google Hangout
- Fast, reliable and free video
communication.
- Interpreter support.
- Highly accessible with no mouse
controls required.
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NBN
- Enables faster & more reliable
communication via higher quality video and audio.
- Great for removing distance barriers.
- Who knows what the future will hold?
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The Distant Future
- Wearable computers - can they help us
monitor medical conditions?
- Human-Machine Interface - the