First public introduction to Project Universe. See http://www.zetuniverse.com/ for latest information.

1. Project Universe – Context-aware Project
Management System
Daniel Kornev
Context-aware Computing Philosopher
October 8, 2010

2. Problem
• Desktop Metaphor can’t
help user to save her
activities context and
effectively switch
between tasks

3. Goals...
... Create a system that would
enable user to:
• Concentrate on important
projects
• Switch between projects
without loosing context
• Return to previous projects
after long time
• See whole picture of the
project and easily jump to its
details

4. What Does Research Tell Us?
A research study on
information worker study
(Czerwinski, Horvitz and
Wilhite, 2004) shown:
• 1 interruption / task
• In 40% of situations user
can’t return to a
previous project after
interruptions

5. Principles
• Technology is UX soul
• It should be transparent
for user
• Context-aware
Environment is Project
Universe’s UX soul
• It is core intellectual
property of the project

6. Concepts
• Work Environment | visual
solution for user activities
organization
• Automatic items layout
saving | User’s Spatial
Memory | Tasks & Activities
Context Preservation
• Zoomable User Interface |
jump from whole picture to
details
• User’s Temporal Memory |
Contexts navigation via
temporal bar

7. Project Universe
Demo

8. Thank you
Daniel Kornev
CEO & Founder
Neocyte Labs
daniel@neocytelabs.com | http://www.neocytelabs.com/
[for questions]