Recent Demos

So the medical demo is still being organized and implemented into Gemstudio(TM). It's kind of frustrating because I design the visual images in illustrator then break them down into individual Gif. files to be incorporated into Gemstudio and turned into functional buttons. I kind of suck at figuring Gemstudio out so another guy I work with named Brian -who is a Jedi ninja at Gemstudio- puts the files in and makes them work. But then he'll come across issues involving resizing and formatting and then I have to go back into Illustrator and adjust the individual images and re-save them. It's a pain. 

In the meantime I was asked to start working on some new possible demos for future display use. At first I designed 4 demos based on conveying functionality. But then I was requested to do some based on another industry -like medical- that often uses our displays so they can see what their own displays may look like. 

So before I went into designing the "Auto Industry" demos, I first focused on the functionality demos. 

 This basic demo has several functions on it. I designed this one to focus mostly on Audio, with 3 different sliders that could be assigned different volume controls. I also included the Number pad to show that you could type in a string field of numbers after pushing the number buttons. The symbols on the right refer to (bottom) the Page it's on, (above bottom) the Paint/Draw Page, (2nd from top) the Slider Page, (top) and the Diamond Select Page. At the very top of the buttons is the Amulet Logo which could also be turned into a button that could clear the Number screen so new numbers could be typed in again. 

This page demonstrates the Scribble/Draw ability for our displays. You can click on any color and then using your stylus draw or scribble in the white area. It's pretty fun. 

This page shows the Slider function. The arrow on the slider can be moved up and down. As it goes up -so does the purple in the white bar to the left. Meanwhile, the numbers on the right will increase or decrease as it goes up or down. 

Lastly I created a page to show how you can select various buttons and boxes while others are deselected. At the bottom of the page are 6 tabs with the Amulet logo showing in various colors. Initially each box will be white with no logo showing until you hover over a box. Then when you click down on one of the colored logo a giant white logo will appear in the upper box of the corresponding color. 


When all this was completed I needed to start working on a more practical simulation of a demo to be used for an actual industry. 

Having briefly checked out typical displays and buttons on a car display, I combined the most significant ones into 4 pages. The first page is the Audio page which shows a button for Radio, CD/MP3, Rewind/ Skip, Pause/Play, Fast-Forward/Skip. I used the MP3 as an example showing that a list of Artists/Albums/Songs/Playlists could be shown and navigated through. The circular button in the upper left hand corner with the Amulet logo could be turned to scroll through the Artists as well as turn up the volume. The logo within the circle would spin to denote the direction of the rotation. 

Next was DVD. I figured since most adults driving cars have DVDs in the back to entertain the kids during the ride the featured movie-types should be Family movies and Kid Shows. Like the MP3 page, you could scroll through the movie options using the circle in the left hand corner. There is a button for Volume Control, Rewind, FF, Pause/Play, and Eject for if a DVD were inserted. 

The next page was the GPS -which I made by hand. The starred location is actually the Winchester Mystery Spot. I included the Zoom In/Out buttons as well as an Alternative Route button. The Blue bar on the right shows what the next action is and how far away from that action you are (Turn Right in 0.45 Miles). It also shows your Estimated Time Til Arrival, Level of Traffic in the area, the Weather conditions outside, and the overall Distance left to go until you reach your destination. 

Lastly I made a page for controlling the temperature in the car. The buttons at the bottom show which vents you want the air coming out of, as well as heating and air conditioning. The Blue bar on the left shows the current temperature in the car, the outside temperature, and the current level the fan is set to. If you want to increase the fan you can rotate the circle in the upper left hand corner. 


So yah, these are my latest designs.