Late Excuse Watch
Video Prototype
Statement of
Delivery
The
Late Excuse Watch concept in full:
The
Late Excuse Watch is a compact technology delivering not only the time of day
but a means to avoid messy confrontations when you are late for a meeting,
event, or rendezvous.
Using
the touch screen interface or a computer program with the LEW (Late Excuse
Watch) plugged in; the user can input his or her calendar or meeting schedule
with a map location of where it will be held. The device will sync itself to the
correct time and alert the wearer when they have a schedule coming up.
Using
an inbuilt Global Positioning System, the watch extrapolates its position when
it is being worn and calculates whether the wearer will be able to get to his
or her meeting destination on time. In the case that the wearer will not be
able to make it, it generates a non-cliché and location specific excuse to use
when the wearer turns up late.
This
is a prototype to help alleviate tension and stress when you are late and
cannot explain clearheaded as to why to either your workplace manager or friends.
Whether
going to a party or attending a financial directors meeting, this watch will
help you get out of tight confrontations.
Statement
of delivery brief for Video Prototype:
The Late Excuse
Watch
is a compact technology delivering a means to avoid messy confrontations when
you are late for a meeting or event. Using a GPS, the watch calculates whether
the wearer will be late and creates a non-cliché excuse if so.
The purpose of such a
prototype is to explore new ways to alleviate stress and allow an easy user
interface to allow operation of the watch without causing the emotion it was
intended to remedy.
The form of the prototype
is a classy yet efficient wrist watch design. It incorporates a simple touch
screen LCD display with a GPS locator to extrapolate time and location as to
whether you will be late.
For testing the video
prototype, we will initially be asking viewers input into whether the base
concept is a florid one and whether it is achievable in the current
technological state of development. We will also be instructing users on our
beta plans for a simplistic interactive user interface, enabling our wearers of
the device ease-of-use in inputting meeting/event times and locations.
When
construction of the prototype idea and design began, my initial thoughts was
something that could intimidate the wearer into changing behaviour and allow
them to realise that repeated failure to meet requirements would result in a
form of “punishment”. This was completely opposite to my final resolution which
was to give the user/wearer motivation to solve their own social dilemmas. This
is why we created this stylish watch that gives the wearer excuses to use when
they are late for their meeting or event!
