Courses

This course dives into the interdisciplinary field of Tangible User Interfaces (TUI). TUIs are primarily concerned with the physical embodiment of digital information and computation and try to go beyond Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs). The course comprises of hands-on activities (project) and theoretical components with a project-based learning approach. It will look into various aspects of human-computer interaction and Physical prototyping.

This course introduces students to the theoretical and practical aspects of design evolving processes. The course presents the varied palette of design from design of physical objects, to design of human-computer interactions, to design of services, to design of micro systems and connected/complex systems. It offers tasks that initiate the process of learning fundamental skills such as observation & representation, investigation, analyisation, synthesisation, conceptualization, reflections, projection, visualization & representation.

This course covers the user experience (UX design) fundamentals for XR (i.e., Augmented / Virtual/ Mixed Reality). Aspects related to the human-centered design process, 3D interactions and Interface Design, and human-factors issues associated with XR will be discussed. The course will briefly cover the development of AR/VR applications using Unity. This hands-on, project-based course with an emphasis on prototyping, testing, and evaluating the XR applications.

Prototyping Interactive Systems is a multidisciplinary course offered with an aim to ignite your mind with concepts in design and innovation as well as engineering skills needed to build physical prototypes. The students will also learn fundamentals of interactive product design, form and aesthetics. The objective of this hand-on activities-based course is to familiarize students with the functioning of prototyping machines and equipment through design and fabrication of interesting products.