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Ayelet Batist in Interaction Design

Sensing the world in VR: an overview on the state of VR in UX (and introducing a new term to the game)

Note: This is a guest post written by Ayelet Batist, who is giving a Master Class (which you should definitely sign up for) on avatar embodiment in VR on June 7th. Sign up for the Master Class (it’s free & online) → Standing in a crowd of excited Chinese visitors at the 798 Art Zone…
Kinneret Yifrah in Side Projects

Use this microcopy exercise to improve your newsletter sign up form (+bonus download)

This is a guest post written by Kinneret Yifrah, Nemala – Microcopy Studio Note: This is chapter 5 of the book Microcopy: The Complete Guide (Hacking UI readers get it for 15% off with the code HackingUI15). To you, sending out a newsletter is great both for your brand and for your users: It delivers value…
Sagi Shrieber in Master Class

Master Class #5: Why we should care about avatar embodiment in VR (w/ Ayelet Batist)

Coming up on Wednesday June 7th, 1pm EST: Virtual embodiment has been an exotic research topic for years, propelling neuroscientists to study the mechanisms behind successful body illusions in the lab.

Now, with the rise of VR experiences, their findings are more relevant than ever. It’s time to take these findings out of the lab and introduce them to our UX and design workflows. Enabling us to create compelling immersive experiences, a convincing embodiment in a virtual avatar is a desirable goal to aim for, yet a powerful state we should consider with care.
Sagi Shrieber in Master Class

Master Class #4: The Soul in The Machine – Developing for Humans (w/ Christian Heilmann)

Coming up on Monday April 24, 4pm EST: Christian Heilmann, HTML5/Open Web Evangelist at Microsoft, will talk to us about using machine learning to build interfaces that help humans do the tasks they came for.
Jody Fabros in giveaways

Win a Ticket to any An Event Apart in 2017

We are excited to share that we have partnered up with the premiere interaction design conference – An Event Apart, and are giving away 2 FREE TICKETS to any AEA event of your choice in 2017! Announcing the winners of the An Event Apart tickets giveaway! And the winners are: Hila Chezy‏ Crystal Gardner‏ Thanks for everyone…
Matt Delaney in Interaction Design

What if we were to use AI while crafting user experiences?

AI for apps is here, and in this article we’ll show examples and talk about why we need to think that way
Jody Fabros in Interaction Design

Events and get-aways for designers this summer

I love to travel, and when I can mix business trips with pleasure, it’s the best combination ever. Attending a conference can be the perfect way to improve professionally and escape a little bit from the everyday routine.
Sagi Shrieber in Master Class

Master Class #3: How personal AI revolutionized our digital experience (w/ Ori Shaashua)

Ori talked to us about why we need to stop crafting the UX of our apps around clocks, and gave us instant & actionable tips to get started integrating AI into our app today.
Sagi Shrieber in Making a Website

Intro: How websites actually work

This article is part 1 out of 5 in: The Beginner’s Guide to Establishing a Brand & Launching a Portfolio/ Website To all articles in this guide >> With this guide we also got you an offer for a .design domain name for only $5. you can claim it here. This part is mostly technical,…
Sagi Shrieber in Making a Website

Choose a domain name that will strengthen your brand

This article is part 2 out of 5 in: The Beginner’s Guide to Establishing a Brand & Launching a Portfolio/ Website To all articles in this guide >> With this guide we also got you an offer for a .design domain name for only $5. you can claim it here. Before you go ahead and…