Rapid prototyping Google Glass

A look at the thinking behind Rapid Prototyping (which allows accelerated innovation), and how it was used to create Google Glass.

Tom Chi

Jan 22, 2013 • 8 min read

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Summary

Watch Tom Chi ex-lead of the user experience team of the Google X division teach about rapid prototyping and how it accelerates innovation. Tom explains how they were able to create a prototype of the digital overlay google glass in just one day following certain rapid prototyping rules like finding the quickest path to experience, thinking outside the box, and using the most available and applicable basic materials. He also adds that rapid prototyping is key to expansion learning, which is fundamental for creating new things for humanity across diverse fields.

Takeaways

Rapid prototyping drives accelerated innovation and is also key to expansive learning- a type of learning that deals with creating new things for humanity in any field.
Think outside the box when doing rapid prototyping to design your product using the available and applicable basic materials. This also maximizes your rate of learning.