Hookmotion

Hookmotion is a recent company using computer vision and artificial intelligence in their security product Tablemotion. Tablemotion is 100% software, using casino cameras already in place in order to watch over blackjack tables. It is able to detect which cards are on the table, the score of each player, and produce an accurate history of the game. This way, the casino can detect frauds and errors by making sure everyone plays by the rules. It also permits to collect precise data on their game tables in order to optimise their floor.

a . Service Mapping

On March, when the Hookmotion team exposed me their first ideas for the interfaces, we started developing a complete sitemap, making sure that all functionalities were included, such as the camera set-up interface that had been forgotten in their first ideas.

This way, the whole team could finally refer to the complete architecture, making it easier to communicate. The development team could project themselves along the design process, giving us lectures on which tools they would use to develop each element, making the technical limitations clear as soon as possible.

b . Low Fidelity Prototyping

On the next 2 months, after completing the first wireframes, I achieved the low fidelity prototypes, confronting the different versions to the ideas of the team.

Unfortunately, due to Covid-19, the first user tests were cancelled, all casinos being closed. But, by the second half of May, Edward joined the team as “Game Expert”. He is a casino employee who has held every positions through the years and is a specialist on how works a casino and the similarities and differences between each one. Having that kind of expert in the team is a great plus, as he knows exactly what are the needs of an employee. So, all ideas developed were exposed to him, and validated or unvalidated. This iterative process really speeds things up, so the low fidelity prototypes were finished by the end of May.

c . Advanced Prototyping

For the advanced prototypes, I was joined by Martin, another designer from my school, the goal was to bring together our ideas and graphic inspirations. It really helped, as Martin likes to repeat “alone you go fast together we go far”. Being challenged by another designer in its ideas is a great thing as we constantly improved each other work, preventing from getting stuck at some point.

Still in an iterative process submitted to the validation of experts, we conceived mockups that covers all the elements of Tablemotion. We also used a lot of animation to present some concepts to the technical team and make sure everything was feasible. We conceived the whole platform and we carved in it the first version to deliver to the client. We segmented it a way making sure that developing the rest of it would be easy, as you just need to expand what is already existing, without changing the core of it.