BBSign: The use of AR + MR to teach Baby Sign Language to deaf and hearing pre-schoolers.

Baby BSL是一本高质量的AR故事书，它使用智能手机、印刷品和动觉产品的组合，向语言前耳聋或听力正常儿童的听力父母教授英国手语（BSL）（例如，第3段）。通过将AR，MR（视频和音频）与印刷品和纺织品相结合，Baby BSL使用简单的叙述来创建一个互动的儿童弹出式故事书和通信辅助。目前在英国缺乏可访问和一致的“婴儿手语”，因为与美国手语（ASL）相比，英国手语（BSL）的教学资产表现不佳。婴儿BSL激励和授权听力父母学习在家里签署，并鼓励更多的BSL吸收托儿所。这是一个有趣的沉浸式界面，结合了现有的智能手机技术与熟悉的对象和日常场景，例如，在公园散步。婴儿BSL鼓励家庭复制和学习有用的标志作为沟通的基础。相关商品包括书籍、卡片、被子、游戏和增强服装。该项目的第一阶段是工业研究，最后是一套示范原型。一个由两个专注于印刷和VR的创意设计公司，一个学术工作室和一个创新工作室组成的团队将为我们以人为本的研究阶段提供信息，包括市场研究，设计和原型制作，用户测试和评估。分析结果将用于为商业上可行的产品创建一系列快速射击原型。原型将在一系列以人为本的研讨会上与家长和学龄前儿童进行测试。用户测试的结果将被记录和评估，并用于通知聋人和听力正常家庭的设计迭代测试。最后，将创建最终的设计套件以及未来开发的一系列建议，并将构成更大研究的基础，以在2019年为商业上可行的产品开发可行的商业案例和一系列可扩展设计。

Baby BSL is a high-quality AR storybook that uses a combination of smartphones, printed and kinaesthetic products to teach British Sign Language (BSL) to hearing parents of pre-verbal deaf or hearing children (e.g., under 3). By combining AR, MR (video and audio) with print and textiles, Baby BSL uses simple narratives to create an interactive illustrated children's pop-up story book and communications aid. There is currently a lack of accessible and consistent 'baby sign language' in the UK as the teaching assets for British Sign Language (BSL) underperform compared to those for American Sign Language (ASL). Baby BSL inspires and empowers hearing parents to learn to sign at home and encourages greater BSL uptake in nurseries. It's a playfully immersive interface that combines existing smartphone technology with familiar objects and everyday scenarios, e.g, a walk in the park. Baby BSL encourages families to copy and learn useful signs as a foundation for communication. Associated merchandise includes books, cards, comforters, games and augmented clothes.This first phase of the project is Industrial Research concluding with a suite of demonstrative prototypes. A team comprising two creative design businesses specialising in print and VR, an academic and an innovation studio will inform the phases of our human-centered study comprising market research, design & prototyping, user-testing and evaluation. The results of analysis will be used to create a range of quick fire prototypes for commercially viable products. Prototypes will be tested in a series of human-centered workshops with parents and pre-schoolers. Results from user-testing will be logged and evaluated and used to inform design iterations tested with deaf and hearing families. To conclude, a final suite of designs together with series of recommendations for future development will be created and will form the basis of a larger study to develop a viable business case and series of scalable designs for a commercially viable product in 2019.