Why is it important to create meaningful experiences to encompass your products or services? These slides explore a case study in heritage that shows the process behind the improvements.

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First Dates &
Virtual Reality UX
@DylanSeychell

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Hello, I’m Dylan
UX & Multimedia Researcher
Academic at @stmartinsedu
Founder of Google Developers Group
Malta
@DylanSeychell

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A pleasant dinner
at a Restaurant
For a first date...

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Back to the same
restaurant
This time, for lunch on
your own, between
meetings.

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What is wrong with
the restaurant?

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Nothing...except for not catering for visitors in
different situations.
Read more here: https://dylanseychell.wordpress.com/2017/08/01/first-dates-and-ux-design/

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User Experience Design
Design of the overall
experience of someone
using a product or
consuming a service.
Applies to:
● Products & Services
● Software
● Events
● Sites/Shops/Outlets

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Why should
I/my Business/my organisation
care about UX Design?

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Creating
Meaningful
Experiences
It’s all about your users
and not what you plan.

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Let’s now move to Virtual Reality

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What is Virtual Reality (VR)?
Multimedia Technology
Stereoscopic Imagery
Sensors in Head Mounted Device (HMD)
Can be used through:
Mobile Device + HMD
Computer System + HMD

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Building a VR
Application?
Quite Easy
Plenty of online
resources...

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It’s not about building a VR app
but adding value by adding VR.

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St Paul’s
Catacombs
Virtual Reality Experience

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Building a VR
Project
WITHOUT User Experience
Design
A First-Person-Shooter
Style Game to explore the
catacombs for persons with
limited accessibility.

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Let’s quickly visit St Paul’s Catacombs
Located in Rabat, Malta
Complex of dozens of Catacombs
Managed by Heritage Malta
Refurbished & Re-Inaugurated in 2015
Display of a variety of artefacts
Unique exploration opportunity

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Finding the Catacombs

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Buying an Entrance Ticket

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Going Around the Complex

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Getting inside a Catacomb

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Exploring a Catacomb

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Going Around the Complex

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Leaving the Complex

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Let’s now add User Experience Design

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Current Flow of Experience
Learning
About it
Getting
There
Buying
Tickets
Going
around the
Complex
Getting
Inside a
Catacomb
Exploring a
Catacomb
Leaving
the
Complex
Sharing
the XP

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User Journey

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STAGE
Learning
about it
Getting
There
Buying
Tickets
Going
Around the
Complex
Inside the
Catacombs
Leaving
the Site
Sharing the
Visit
MEDIUM
Mentioned in
different
websites and
blogs
Interesting
WWW
- Not showing
on Google
- No reference
on blogs
Getting lost
Ending far
from the Exit
point
Forgetting to
take photos

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In practice, it looks like this :)

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Building a VR
Project
WITH User Experience
Design
It is not only about
accessibility…
What about difficult to
reach areas?
And number of visitors?
And detail?
and...possibilities now
look quite endless

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Spot the difference...no barriers

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Chambers that are too high to reach

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And naturally, ease of access

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Improved Flow of Experience
Learning
About it
Getting
There
Buying
Tickets
Going
around the
Complex
Getting
Inside a
Catacomb
Exploring a
Catacomb
Leaving
the
Complex
Sharing
the XP
VR
Experience

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Let’s get in touch!
@DylanSeychell