Oracle hosted its first Girl Geek Dinner last Thursday, December 7, 2017. The dinner was 18 months in the making. With at least 400 women and men in attendance, it is the largest Girl Geek Dinner of the year. @Oracle hosted our 1st @BayAreaGGD with over 400 participants. As Thomas Kurian, Pres of Oracle said… Read More
Author: Tawny Le
The OAUX Emerging Technologies team, or The AppsLab, researches technical innovations coming down the pipeline. Part of our goal is to assess the potential of the technology – is it easy to adopt? Are there use cases that might make work easier for enterprise employees to complete their tasks? Oracle invests in such research because it helps determine… Read More
How do we imagine and build a solution for the future that screams, I want to live in a future where this thing exists and is used by people. Recently, the Appslab Team attended the Future Summit SF where we learned how we could better design and build experiences for the future. We saw an… Read More
Raymond and I were fortunate to attend the Game Developers Conference this year. Compared to the previous year, the crowds were calmer and new sessions and summits were added to accommodate growing interests in VR and UX. This year there seemed to be more focus on delivering (a) Inclusive and Accessible experiences as well as (b)… Read More
Pokemon GO || Ramblings from a UX Perspective
By now, I have played Pokemon GO for 2 weeks and have reached the coveted level 22. Pokemon GO (POGO) is a massively popular mobile game that has been a viral hit. It became the most popular paid app in the iOS store within a few days, received more than 10 million downloads within its… Read More
Samsung Developers Conference 2016: A More Connected Future
After a whirlwind day at Modern CX, I hurried my way back up to San Francisco for the last day of the Samsung Developers Conference 2016. The morning started out exciting with a giveaway gift of the Samsung Gear 360 Camera. https://twitter.com/iheartthannie/status/726221300444721152 Raymond (@yuhuaxie) took a bunch of photos with it and found it very… Read More
Modern CX 2016
Last week, we were back in Las Vegas again for Oracle Modern Customer Experience Conference! Instead of talking to customers and partners, we had the honor of chatting with UNLV Lee graduate students (@lbsunlv) and getting their feedback on how we envision the future of work, customers experience, marketing and data security. We started off with… Read More
COLLABORATE16: Bots & Virtual Reality
Last week, Ben (@goldenmean1618) and I were in Las Vegas for COLLABORATE. We ran two studies which focuses on two trending topics in tech: bots and virtual reality! Bot Focus Group https://twitter.com/theappslab/status/719960373080641536 Our timing for the bot study was perfect! The morning we were to run our focus group on bots in the workplace, Facebook… Read More
GDC16 Day 5: The Good, The Bad, The Weird (Last Day)
When I first came to GDC, I didn’t know what to expect. I was delightfully surprised to use my first gender neutral restroom. The restroom had urinals and toilet seats. There was no fuss other than others who were standing to take a picture of the sign above. It felt surreal using the restroom next… Read More
GDC16 Day 4: Demos & Player Motivations
It’s official. All demos are booked for the week. Anyone not on the list is subjected to the standby line. I was lucky enough to score a 5:30pm demo for Bullet Train at the NVIDIA booth early this morning. When I walked by the line late in the evening, I found out that a lady… Read More
GDC16 Day 3: Another Day of Fun & Data!
The Expo opened today and will be open until the end of Friday! There was a lot to see and do! I managed to explore 1/3 of the space. Walking in, we have the GDC Store to the left and the main floor below the stairs. Upon entering the main floor, Unity was smack dab… Read More
GDC16 Day 2: Highlights & Trends
Just like yesterday, the VR sessions were very popular. Even with the change to bigger rooms, lines for popular VR talks would start at least 20 minutes before the session started. The longest line I was in snaked up and down the hallway at least 4 times. The wait was well worth it though! Today… Read More
GDC16 Day 1: Daily Round Up
Hello everyone! I wrapped up the first day at the Games Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco! It’s the first Monday after daylight savings so a morning cup of joe in Moscone West was a welcomed sight! First Thoughts Wow! All of the VR sessions were very popular and crowded. In the morning, I was… Read More
The MagicBand
Editor’s note: Here’s the first post from our new-ish researcher, Tawny. She joined us back in September, just in time for OpenWorld. After her trip to Disney World, she talked eagerly about the MagicBand experience, and if you read here, you know I’m a fan of Disney’s innovative spirit. Enjoy. Planning a Disney World trip… Read More