HTC One M8
HTC One m8 featured the next generation of Sense UI, which debuted a colorful, modern, flat design aesthetic. Three colorful theme presets enabled next level customization, allowing users to personalize their device like never before. An all-new BlinkFeed layout featured a cleaner design with larger images — and a more fluid motion design.
Role
• Creative Direction
• Interaction Design
• Visual Design
• Motion Design
• 3D Design
• UI System Design
• Brand Visuals
Bold. Colorful. Modern.
HTC One m8 featured the next generation of Sense UI, which debuted a colorful, modern, flat design aesthetic.
Three colorful theme presets enabled next level customization, allowing users to personalize their device like never before. An all-new BlinkFeed layout featured a cleaner design with larger images — and a more fluid motion design.
“HTC's stunning sequel steals the show...it runs rings around the GS5 with its elegant and intuitive Sense interface.”
Vive Origin, a highly polished UI focused on teaching new users how to get comfortable in VR while giving veteran VR users all of the tools necessary to quickly jump between apps and games. It's unlike anything I've ever seen HTC do in terms of VR UI, and having used and frankly not enjoyed Viveport, that's a good thing. Origin is sleek, highly-stylized, and focuses hard on being the entire UI. You can still access Steam VR if you want to, but I struggle to imagine why you would unless you really enjoy the social features. This experience is better in just about every way, and will make showing new users the VR basics easier. And like other VR home experiences, this space is both yours and permanent. If you walk around leaving doodles across your environment, they stay. If you leave your toys out, they stay. This is your space, and that includes cleaning up behind yourself.
Process
Instant Unlock
A unique new feature of Sense 6, was the ability to instantly access content without first having to wake the screen or unlock.
Quick App Switching
Sense 6 introduced the ability to quick-switch between the two most recently used applications, with a simple swipe up gesture.
Targeted App Switching
Press-and-hold while swiping up, allowed the user to quickly access a recently used application.
App Quick Peek
Press-and-hold while swiping up the user could get a quick peek at another app, then swipe back down to return to the current application.
Task Manager
To quickly and easily close recent apps, the user can press-and-hold then swipe to the side.
Quick Unlock - Most Recent
With the screen off, the user simply swipes up from the bottom to access the most recent app. The device screen wakes, and the most recently used app is displayed.
Quick Unlock - Recent Stack
From the screen off, the user can swipe up and hold, to scrub through any recently used app.
Quick Unlock - BlinkFeed
From the screen off, the user can instantly access their BlinkFeed by swiping from left to right. The device screen wakes, and the news feed is displayed.