Hysen Labsautocluster
The code base around the cluster prototypes.
autocluster: prototypes for a different instrument cluster
The codebase and design assets behind ustwo's thought piece re-imagining the car instrument cluster, with four web prototypes built on FramerJS and head tracking.
Four prototypes
The repository holds the codebase and design assets for four web based prototypes. There is an unbranded archetype of an instrument cluster, a concept cluster UI for a Ferrari California, a concept cluster UI for a Mercedes Benz S-class, and an adaptive UI prototype that uses head tracking as the basis for judging viewing angle. Together they explore how an instrument cluster might be re-imagined for the car.
The tools involved
The primary tool is the FramerJS framework, built for rapid prototyping and experimentation, alongside its realtime application Framer Studio. For the adaptive prototype, the README mentions Headtrackr JS, a JavaScript library for real time face and head tracking that tracks a user's head position in relation to the computer screen through a web camera and the webRTC getUserMedia standard.
Comment, riff, build
The README invites people to comment on the prototypes and the codebase, and to riff and build on them where possible, with attribution to ustwo appreciated. The work is framed as a thought piece about the Human Machine Interface in vehicles. The project is written in JavaScript and released under a permissive license that permits use, copying, modification, merging, publishing, distributing, and sublicensing, with the software provided as is and without warranty.
The studio behind it
ustwo is described as a global product studio working with leading brands and building homegrown, forward thinking products. With ustwo auto and its thought pieces, the studio says it aims to ask the right questions about in-car interactions and the Human Machine Interface. The README points to the studio website for more of its publications.
Editorial conclusion
Four prototypes sit in the repository, from an unbranded archetype to a head tracking based adaptive UI. The project is released under a permissive license that allows reuse with attribution to ustwo.
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