Design Principles
Consider distance and ability
When incorporating spatial awareness into existing features, be mindful that these capabilities are not available on all devices and your design should accommodate varying levels of capabilities
Be forgiving with angles at a distance
Consider changing the dominant form of feedback to one that works best at smaller scale
Provide continuous feedback
The right type of feedback applied and choreographed at the right time throughout these interactions can help make the feature you’re designing discoverable, provides instruction, and can communicate success or failure
Be mindful of how people move
Connect movement and feedback
Consider the nature of a movement
build in adaptivity and resilience
consider feedback strengths
use senses in concert
seek to provide a clear story
use feedback judiciously
types of possible feedback:
visual feedback (coordinated across both devices)
audio feedback
haptic feedback
Embrace the physical action
consider direct movement for selection
emphasize feedback on the target device - e.g., the music starts playing on the HomePod when I tap my phone on it
design for multiple sense
defer to the primary task
reinforce good states
