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For one of our course assignments, we were asked to choose and redesign a widget we frequently interact with. I picked the climate control dials in our cars, which vary with different cars and take up unnecessary space on the dashboard.
This concept for the new widget consists of concentric dials, each of which control a parameter of the automobile’s indoor climate – the center is a scrolling sphere through which air direction mode and even vent settings in-between two modes can be chosen.
This was a quick build and I kept the explanation at its simplest with three concepts – one being the framework I started with, the other a widget made of physical dials and the third one specific to touch interfaces.
Explaining the concentric dials (outer to inner):
- Temperature : Air conditioner/Heater/Fan
- Fan Speed : 0 to 10, controllable from both clockwise and counterclockwise rotation
- Air Intake Control
- Air Direction Vent Control Trackball
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