The Immersive Body Storming workshop design is an attempt to facilitate face-to-face ideation sessions in the virtual world. It certainly transforms the way that ideation sessions are conducted. Storytelling takes place in the form of physical scenarios and role-playing "Body Storming". Participants are immersed in the plot of the story and therefore can express their ideas spontaneously.
Workshop setup
In this XR collaborative workshop, we focused on Smart Home and Extended Reality topics. The platform used is called Spatial.io and participants were using Oculus Quests 1&2 as well as Hololens 2 and Mobile Phones to attend the WS.
Workshop Goal
The goal of the workshop was to generate ideas in a limited amount of time. Ultimately, we created 26 ideas in only 10 minutes.
Duration 30 min
Tasks
1. Have a look around the room and identify the appliances for smart home and XR ideas, e.g. Refrigerator, Vinyl player, smart lamps, and TV.
2. Write your idea in one sentence (1 sentence per idea) and stick it to the object, e.g. List of ingredients in the fridge being augmented on the fridge or showing the nutrition facts of the food you are about to it.
3. Reading the ideas out loud after they are done (one person from the team will be chosen to do so, due to the time limit).
My Role
Designing the workshop and its tasks as well as the environment.
Preparation
The 3D virtual space is prepared to replicate "Home", and low-poly models were used so that the performance won't be affected.
Results of the Body Storming