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IMMERSIVE SEARCH �FINAL PRESENTATION

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TEAM MEMBERS

Anmol Desai

Jash Dhakad

Nidhi Goenka

Shreya Parikh

Vishwa Shah

Sameer Thummalapally

Cheng Yuan

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AGENDA

Objective

Challenges

Proof of Prototype

Stages

    • Research
    • Generate
    • Choose
    • Prototype
    • Evaluation

Results and Observations

Questions

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OBJECTIVE

  • LexisNexis has a lot of data that can help Lawyers solve the cases.

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  • The Basic objective is how can we present this data in a AR/VR environment with a good look and feel, ease of use.

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CHALLENGES

Finding the right view for users

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Orientation in 3D spaces

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VR usage is expensive and has been widely used only in the gaming/entertainment industry

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Are the results of the search query correct? (For example, a competitor’s search query gives more and better results)

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PROOF OF CONCEPT PROTOTYPE

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STAGE 1 : RESEARCH

  • GOALS AND CHALLENGES :
  • Giving an engaging search experience to the user is important
  • Augmenting the benefits of a web search process and a traditional library
  • Allow users to access huge amounts of data in an efficient way and provide them a way to make notes from documents

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STAGE 1 : RESEARCH

PROBLEMS AND OPPORTUNITIES:

  • Is the tool aesthetically appealing?
  • Is the tool easy to use?
  • Can we provide an engaging search experience to the user?
  • How to ensure that search results are relevant?

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STAGE 1 : RESEARCH

  • EXPERIENCE MAP:

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STAGE 1 : RESEARCH

TARGET

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  • Our team will try to focus on making the search and exploration tasks on the Lexis Nexis web page easy for them.
  • Inclusion of Virtual Reality (VR) in aiding legal searches will help increase efficiency, reduce the cost and time required to complete the task in hand.

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STAGE 2 : GENERATE

GENERATION OF SEVERAL POTENTIAL IDEAS :

  1. Integration of AR+VR
  2. Have a virtual assistant
  3. VR search by shelves
  4. Search results as Library
  5. AR in a physical library
  6. Annotating important notes with stickies
  7. Scanning physical documents into virtual world.

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STAGE 2 : GENERATE

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STAGE 3 : CHOOSE

Merged idea based on the votes: To create a library like experience for the user which has cases files on the shelves, and the user interacts with a virtual assistant in order to search for a specific case file and finally create a virtual wall to stick notes and create a summary.

Each person was asked to choose 2 best ideas among the ideas generated in stage 2.

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STAGE 3 : CHOOSE

  • FINAL STORYBOARD : 1

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STAGE 3 : CHOOSE

  • FINAL STORYBOARD : 2

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STAGE 3 : CHOOSE

  • FINAL STORYBOARD : 3

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STAGE 3 : CHOOSE

  • FINAL STORYBOARD : 3

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STAGE 4 : PROTOTYPE

TOOLS USED

UNITY 3D

POWERPOINT PRESENTATION

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STAGE 4 : PROTOTYPE

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STAGE 4 : PROTOTYPE (MINI LIBRARY)

  • Shelf Sticky Notes Summary

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STAGE 5 : EVALUATION

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STAGE 5 : EVALUATION

RESULTS AND OBSERVATIONS :

  • Most users can find all operations and things they can interact with.
  • Most users are satisfied with the search results.
  • Users found the prototype easy to use
  • Most users found navigation a bit cumbersome.
  • Users seem to like the “sticky notes wall” idea.
  • In sum, users could see the prototype solve problems they would’ve faced with searching.

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STAGE 5 : EVALUATION

PARTICIPANTS RATINGS FOR INDIVIDUAL FUNCTIONALITIES

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