MixedUX: A Mixed Prototyping Framework for Usability Testing in Augmented Reality

In this paper, we rethink and challenge conventional ways of prototyping. We present a new perspective on how usability testings of digital products may benefit from emerging augmented reality (AR) technologies. We demonstrate a conceptual prototype of an innovative framework that makes it possible to combine 3D models of complex devices, represented by holograms, with 2D user interfaces (Uls) opened in a web browser on a physical touch display. The framework aims to facilitate the processes of UI design and interactions with complex, costly, or even not yet -existing systems. For demonstration purposes we use the Microsoft HoloLens Development Edition and a conventional touch display of a smartphone.