This is Kit, Labradoodle of Dr Truna. Kit’s not just here for his good looks and charm, he’s been incredibly helpful in the second phase of prototyping the Pathways & Paws app.
This second prototype had more of a focus on visualising walk data over the previous phase. For this prototype, we used data visualisation app RunParticles and Adobe Premiere Pro, data from the Dog Walks app, and of course our trusty four-legged companion Kit.
Dr Truna and I devised 3 different scenarios:
- Visualise the data from one walk – this would include the “friending” scenario from the first prototyping phase.
- Visualise the data from all walks – to view any trends in the data
- Visualise how a user would contact other dog walking peers.
One hot afternoon Dr Truna and I took Kit down to the Brisbane suburb of Milton for a walk around the local parks. Using the Dog Walks app we captured all GPS data from our walk. We also flagged on the map whenever Kit needed to pee on a post, sniffed a nearby flower, or whenever we took him off the lead. The data was then exported from the app as GPX while Dr Truna gave Kit a big dish of water and treats for his efforts.
The GPX data was transferred and animated in RunParticles before being captured into Premiere Pro. All of Kit’s tag points were also put into Premiere as brightly-coloured dots (blue for pee, red for sniff, purple for poop, and yellow for chatting)
A second UI for the Pathways and Paws app was designed in Premiere, using the RunParticles data visualisations.
Below is a video demonstrating all 3 user scenarios:
