How could AR reimagine food recipes for greater accessibility and ease of use?
Being able to cook is linked to better health outcomes and can be a source of enjoyment and comfort.
As a data visualisation of procedural information, cooking recipes have a dense, static representation of the prescribed inputs, process and outputs. There is a long tradition behind the conventional format that shows the title, ingredients and process usually with an image of the expected output. The timing, techniques and standards are implicit, relying on the experience level of the cook.
Augmented reality has features and constraints that could improve or degrade the usefulness of the traditional format used for cooking. Taking lessons from virtual learning tool design for people with diverse needs such as autism may yield insights into visualisation design considerations that could improve ease of use of an AR cooking application.
This project will explore the capabilities of augmented reality that could make cooking recipes easier to follow for people with diverse capabilities.
(mindmaps are attached as d3 javascript force directed graph interactive visualisation)
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