Rebecca Planchart
Rebecca Planchart
MGXD Graduate Student at North Carolina State University
Rebecca Planchart is a graduate student studying graphic and experience design at NC State University, where she also received her undergraduate degree. She recently served as a research assistant on an interdisciplinary project that leverages virtual reality to improve comprehension of scientific size and scale.
Before joining the program, Rebecca worked in nonprofit marketing and communications and is passionate about leveraging design to promote equitable outcomes for communities. She is interested in user experience design and artificial intelligence applications for public health and government. She values collaboration, adaptability, and attention to detail and believes design is all about knowing what you don’t know!
Function Mapping: Preserving User Experience Across Platforms
This presentation will introduce function mapping, a method for collaborative design and development in teams with disparate expertise. The presenters will discuss the utility of function mapping in negotiating design decisions to honor deep theoretical justifications while managing system usability and preserving functionality across media platforms with distinct affordances and limitations. Participants will gain insights into the application of function mapping through a discussion of the research and development of a virtual reality learning environment designed to improve comprehension of scientific size and scale, which has been subsequently translated for AR and screen-based interfaces.