Mixed reality - prototyping techniques

The goal of a prototype is to form an idea's representation, its precision, its interactivity and its evolution (how long it will exist for).
Thus as a starting task to evolve out thinking in this manner we were assigned to take an object or appliance in our homes and redesign its features or operation to either make it more efficient (interactivity), easier to use, etc.

Some of my ideas included:

• Holographic (LED projector) in an iPhone - "Interactivity to a new level"

 

• Oven stove with light-up temperature rings around the hot plate - brighter and red for higher temperature (safety modification).

• LCD Bathroom mirror, social media while putting on makeup (idea seemingly already taken)

By using mixed reality/virtual reality techniques, prototyping is taken to a whole new level since physical elements no longer need to exist but merely be depicted on a screen.

For my Video Prototype I used After Effects and motion tracking to do this, placing "excuses" on a watch screen mimicking what it would look like in a more finalised physical product!