2nd 1-1 Meeting with Sarah

I met with Sarah today at noon, again, very helpful! I told her what stage I’m currently on, what my plan is regarding next steps and where I’m a bit stuck on. We also went through my starter bibliography and my proposal draft – Sarah left constructive comments on my doc. The key words are: BE SPECIFIC! Particularly with audience, physical context, specific use, the content of the work, the form of the work, problem to address, and hoped for outcome. I should try asking myself: what kind of elders? (eg. age group, ability) focused on health and safety instead of joy? perhaps a connected device to sort of track their health conditions?

Sarah suggested me to talk with some peers and to swap proposal for feedback, since their thesis are similar to mine, in some way. We could be inspired by each other! Because I’m not so knowledgable of AR/VR but Sarah is, she shared with me that VR is great as 1. a creative tool (ex. 3D modeling) 2. training simulators & educational (maybe training simulators for elderly?) Currently, my research area is quite broad with different segments of information, therefore, there can be many different approaches to my central question, so as the ultimate form. Sarah thought of a more user-research focused approach: gaining expertise by taking these emerging technologies to elderly (existing apps – AR, VR, Game), gather their perspectives, and modify/improve on one of the apps. I will definitely think through it.