September 2022

AR Unique Capabilities & Considerations | Augmented Reality Design Principles | Adobe Creative Cloud

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Learn Augmented Reality Design Principles in this Adobe Aero series led by artist Heather Dunaway Smith.

What is Augmented Reality & What Can it Do?
AR is a brand new medium. Learn what it is, what led us here, where we are now, & where we are headed.

AR’s Unique Capabilities & Considerations:
Learn the unique capabilities, constraints, & opportunities of augmented reality.

What you learned:
• Context is an important tool in AR.
• Image anchors allow you to attach a digital experience to a specific image in the real world.
• Our brains are built to understand spatial relationships, which makes scale and proximity two really powerful tools in AR.
• Location-based experiences allow you to anchor an AR experience to a specific GPS location.
• AR experiences created with Aero are viewed through a mobile device, either a phone or a tablet. These devices only have a certain amount of screen real estate, so it’s essential to keep that in mind when you’re designing.
• Optimization is a key part of designing successful AR experiences since processing power is limited on mobile devices.
• Directing the eye in 3D space has unique challenges, but we have tons of preexisting visual design principles to help guide the way.
• Audio is an important part of immersive experiences. It can be used to direct attention, give additional information (about objects or an environment), respond to participants (when they interact), and is an easy way to bring emotion to a piece.
• Interaction creates an opportunity for deeper connections with your audience. It’s one of the key things that makes AR different from passive mediums, like film.

Learn more about Aero: https://bit.ly/aeroaugmentedreality
Visit our Aero Tutorials page: https://helpx.adobe.com/aero/tutorials.html

Get Aero for free:
Download on iOS: https://apps.apple.com/au/app/adobe-aero
Download on Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.adobe.aero.android
Download for desktop: https://helpx.adobe.com/aero/get-started

Get inspired: https://www.behance.net/galleries/aero

Connect to a global community of AR creators:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adobeaero/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AdobeAero

Tag your creations with #AdobeAero for a chance to be featured.

Presenter: https://www.dunawaysmith.com/site/

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Adobe Creative Cloud gives you the world’s best creative apps so you can turn your brightest ideas into your greatest work across your desktop and mobile devices.

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Introduction to AR Interaction Design | Augmented Reality Design Principles | Adobe Creative Cloud

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Learn Augmented Reality Design Principles in this Adobe Aero series led by artist Heather Dunaway Smith.

Augmented Reality Interaction Design:
Learn why interaction is an important part of AR & how to create successful interactions using a variety of techniques.

Introduction to AR Interaction Design:
Viewer interaction is a powerful tool that sets augmented reality apart from other passive mediums.

What you learned:
• Interaction is one of the things that sets augmented reality apart from passive mediums.
• By creating experiences that listen, adapt, and respond to participants you make room for them in the conversation: for their curiosity, their insights, and their choices.
• How to use the Behavior Builder to create interactions.
• How to create a variety of trigger types, including START, TAP, ENTER PROXIMITY, and EXIT PROXIMITY.

Learn more about Aero: https://bit.ly/aeroaugmentedreality
Visit our Aero Tutorials page: https://helpx.adobe.com/aero/tutorials.html

Get Aero for free:
Download on iOS: https://apps.apple.com/au/app/adobe-aero
Download on Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.adobe.aero.android
Download for desktop: https://helpx.adobe.com/aero/get-started

Get inspired: https://www.behance.net/galleries/aero

Connect to a global community of AR creators:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adobeaero/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AdobeAero

Tag your creations with #AdobeAero for a chance to be featured.

Presenter: https://www.dunawaysmith.com/site/

Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/c/AdobeCreativeCloud

LET’S CONNECT
Facebook: http://facebook.com/adobecreativecloud
Twitter: http://twitter.com/creativecloud
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adobecreativecloud

Adobe Creative Cloud gives you the world’s best creative apps so you can turn your brightest ideas into your greatest work across your desktop and mobile devices.

To watch with Subtitles/closed captions, click the CC icon in the lower-right corner.

AR Visual Design Best Practices | Augmented Reality Design Principles | Adobe Creative Cloud

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Learn Augmented Reality Design Principles in this Adobe Aero series led by artist Heather Dunaway Smith.

Augmented Reality Visual Design:
Techniques & best practices for creating successful visual designs in augmented reality.

AR Visual Design Best Practices:
Learn tips, tricks, & best practices for creating successful visual designs in augmented reality.

What you learned:
• Designing for the viewport: Since these experiences will be viewed through a mobile device, it’s important to think about scale and framing. Sometimes, smaller compositions will read more clearly.
• Your participant’s height: You will want to consider your target audience and how tall they are, so you can create an experience that they can easily see.
• Creating readable text: In order to ensure readability, consider using bold fonts, outlines, outer glow, or backgrounds to offset the text from the surrounding world.
• Combating clutter: Editing, timing things independently, and relaying only what is needed when it is needed will create a much clearer experience for a participant.
• Scale & Proximity: Our brains are built to navigate a 3D world, so we inherently understand how large or small, near or far an object is from our bodies. This makes scale and proximity two really powerful tools in AR.

Learn more about Aero: https://bit.ly/aeroaugmentedreality
Visit our Aero Tutorials page: https://helpx.adobe.com/aero/tutorials.html

Get Aero for free:
Download on iOS: https://apps.apple.com/au/app/adobe-aero
Download on Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.adobe.aero.android
Download for desktop: https://helpx.adobe.com/aero/get-started

Get inspired: https://www.behance.net/galleries/aero
Connect to a global community of AR creators:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adobeaero/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AdobeAero

Tag your creations with #AdobeAero for a chance to be featured.

Presenter: https://www.dunawaysmith.com/site/

Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/c/AdobeCreativeCloud

LET’S CONNECT
Facebook: http://facebook.com/adobecreativecloud
Twitter: http://twitter.com/creativecloud
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adobecreativecloud

Adobe Creative Cloud gives you the world’s best creative apps so you can turn your brightest ideas into your greatest work across your desktop and mobile devices.

To watch with Subtitles/closed captions, click the CC icon in the lower-right corner.