Auê é um projeto dos alunos da PUC-Rio Jhonnata Oliveira, Julia Garcia, LuizaBeck Arigoni e Márcio Cunha, desenvolvido no Workshop Design de Interação - uma parceria PUC-Rio e Microsoft Research

1. Deafness Jhonnata Oliveira
Julia Garcia
Luiza Beck Arigoni
Márcio Cunha
Interaction Design Workshop

2. Jhonnata Oliveira
Undergraduate student
in Digital Media Design
(PUC-Rio)
Julia Garcia
Undergraduate student
in Visual Communication
Design (PUC-Rio)
Luiza Beck Arigoni
Graduated in Product
Design (Centro Universi-
tário Franciscano - RS)
Graduate Student in
Design (PUC-Rio)
Marcio Cunha
Graduated in Computer
Engineering
Master degree and PHD
Candidate in Computer
Science

3. Abstract
“Auê” is a mixed reality platform linked to a
collaborative database, whose objective is
to encourage, stimulate and support par-
ents’ creativity to communicate with their
children.
Based on the unexpected finding that many
parents stop talking to their children when
they discover that they are hearing impaired
- interrupting even non verbal communi-
cation - “Auê” was designed to be a tech-
nological guide that teaches relatives how
to communicate without sound or verbal
support and based on the use of playful ele-
ments.
Accessing it’s database, one of three differ-
ent modes can be selected:
Storytelling mode, which contains a set of
tales, educational stories and games ready
to be enjoyed;
Sandbox mode, containing characters, sce-
narios and objects to customize the whole
experience;
Creation Mode, that provides tools to design
completely unique items and scenes.

4. Deafness:
a matter of communication

5. 70 million
deaf people
oralization deaf culture
total
communication
(World Federation of the Deaf)

6. partnership
Inosel school for deaf children
Focused on Total Communication

7. nonverbal
communication

8. Affection
trouble communicating in
the family context

9. Affection education
trouble communicating in
the family context
how to stimulate total
communication at school

10. Affection education services
trouble communicating in
the family context
how to stimulate total
communication at school
grant access to services
without losing interper-
sonal contact

11. Affection education services safety
trouble communicating in
the family context
how to stimulate total
communication at school
grant access to services
without losing interper-
sonal contact
provide safety alarms
in a non audible way

12. Affection education services safety
trouble communicating in
the family context
how to stimulate total
communication at school
grant access to services
without losing interper-
sonal contact
provide safety alarms
in a non audible way

13. Parents stop
talking to their
children when
they get to know
they’re deaf

14. focused on
early ages

15. Encourage, stimulate and
support parents creativity
to communicate in every
sense with their kids

16. auê

17. A mixed reality platform that
facilitates communication
between parents and children

18. collaborative database of characters, scenarios and objects

19. learning curve

20. technology
3d camera
microphone
motion sensors
optical head-mounted
display

22. next steps
prototype
work on a hardware suitable for
small children
work on the content

23. thanks for your
attention :)