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TruNet-WebRTC based P2P file transfer application

WebRTC based P2P file sharing application

Empirical Study & Software design and development

Research and design project  丨 Information system and new media group, University of Siegen

Year: 2016 丨 Mentor: Wan Lin, Prof.Dr. Volker Wulf

How might we

develop an interactive system that allows the senior to exchange their data (photos, videos) directly and securely without being afraid of Information leakage? 

Team building

Interdisciplinary team

The TruNet team is an interdisciplinary team with the people who have different educational backgrounds: engineers, computer scientists, social scientists and I am the unique designer.

Cross-cultural communication

We are an international team with the team managers from Germany and China; two developers come from Indian and Syria. We work together in a harmonious atmosphere with a diverse culture.

Living Lab participants

Local seniors who are interested in ICT took part in the whole software development process:from dairy study to mockup/usability test. They helped us improve the system to better meet their demands.

Collaboration with Enterprise partner

The partner from software industry collaborated closely with our project team, supported in software development. They provided us technical support,which enabled the product to be realized on the practical level.

The Process

Preliminary survey

Daily use of media: which, when, how, with whom /Social network: function, telecommunication, data-transfer

Data exchange channel: from, strengths, drawbacks /Data security awareness: purpose, experience

14 participants in age from 25-79, 7 of them finished the diary study and enter into the next project stage.

IDEATION

3D Logo as a brand identity. 3D modelling & 3D Printing

CO-Creation with end-users

The workshop aimed to generate the first idea of the software interface together with users. We showed them wireframes which visualized several interface varieties. The participants brought some critical views to the existed idea and came up new ideas instead. Those ideas were further applied into the next design stage.

6 families with 7 participants that were divided into two groups. Two moderators, two note-takers.

Duration: two hours, outcome: user demands, user expectation, critical incidents, structural suggestions.

Prototyping

High-fidelity Prototyping was generated based on analysis of Workshop, which was further used in the usability test.

Two scenarios were selected: Start with TruNet and receive data from friends; fiel exchange and communication.

Usability test

User Interface design