Everyone is talking about a new call UI and split-screen...
BUT ....
I'd like to talk FUN, potentially game-changing iOS features.
1.
Memojii DJ!!!
See an idea of the concept.
You host your own virtual DJ floor or join one....
as your Memojii!
Bust moves out on the dance floor with old or new
friends, using songs from Apple Music, Garageband
or other sources (music files).
Most Exciting New Features:
* Apple Music opens up for non-iOS devices
* Anyone can make a Memojii and join in the fun
All Features:
* Song Queue so everyone can DJ.
* Gain points by DJing or joining in.
* Spend points on new moves, Memojii looks or DJ room decor.
* A new "DJ" tab in the Music app to discover rooms
* Artists can promote their songs by hosting a room
* Streamlined Apple design, mobile and desktop friendly
Concept above is from plug.dj
How will this add value?
* Bring GAMIFICATION to an Apple service through POINTS
* CHALLENGE users to DISCOVER music with INCENTIVES
* Artists can PROMOTE music in INTERACTIVE ways
Gamification is proven to work. Just get the right guys on board.
Help us discover new types of music we otherwise never would have!
Social Awards and Recognition are very powerful tools, and under-
utilised in all Apple services.
2.
MEMOJII Messages!!
Your words become art! ~
Most Exciting New Features:
* Memojiification to the max
* iMessage opens up to non - iOS devices
* Completely redesigned app
All Features:
* Memojii Stories / Blog
Basically you speak, your Memojii/Animojii animates the mouth movements for you,
and the words come out of the mouth as you say it (or it can convert text)
The words will fly out from the Memojii and appear under the Memojii (similar UI as "Lyrics").
If you YELL a word, it will EMPHASISE-animate as it comes out of the memojii's mouth.
Or if you whisper it, it'll appear small, etc...
You can also effortlessly edit the clip to fix any voice detection typos, dress the memojii up temporarily
(e.g. wear a beanie of your favourite sport team between 0:32 and 0:40)
use manual emphasise effects on certain words or do other visual effects (like confetti).
The words can be edited with really cool animations to perfectly match your
Vocal Variety.
You could make anything from a Vine style clip - e.g. "This meeting is "sooooo"
boring." The word "sooooo" dribbles out of the memojii's mouth and your memojii turns
old - to a 10 minute blog post!!
In the "sooo boring" example, the app can then cleverly analyse your words to suggest
an extra audio effect of a cricket noise to play after you speak.
These memojii stories can also be placed on top of clips.
* Really Fun Memojii Reactions
Easily react to a message (currently you need to hold down on a message and get boring
reaction options) using your emojii.
There will be different suggested reactions based on the content of the message, no
longer limiting you to the standard set.
The reactions will include very expressive animations. (Going beyond Facebook Messenger's reactions)
E.g. OMG! will be your Memojii's head exploding and hitting against the speech bubble.
The animations will feel Impactful and Delightful, also using haptic vibration to add depth.
* Memojiis are the new texting!!!!
There'll be a memojii icon in the text field to memojiify your message whenever you want.
So if you type a message you can hit this button, and instead of sending a speech bubble,
your memojii can speak it and the words will come out of its mouth in an expressive way.
A system voice will speak the message for you. You can simply drag a slider before you send it
to intuitively set how Dramatic the voice should be. Haptic vibration will aid you.
e.g. rapid vibrations indicate VERY dramatic, so the Memojii will YELL your message.
Memojii replies from friends can instantly play on your Lock Screen after Face ID'ing.
(The background will be black to focus on the Memojii reply)
* Memojii Walkie-Talkie
Set up Memojii Walkie Talkie with a friend, where you simply pick up your phone and their
emojii head will be on your lock screen. It'll speak the message, with the text coming out
of the Memojii's mouth in a delightful and playful way.
The volume and speed of voice will also determine the way the words come out. (If voice)
For example if you say WHAT-THE-HECK with a pause, the words will stutter and stop
as each of them fly out, in rhythm with the voice.
Overall, Memojii turns messaging into a visual art - form in the new Apple Messages.
The Walkie Talkie feature works with text and voice.
How will this add value?
* Humanising Messages interaction - simply look at your phone and see
an animated face talking to you, the words coming alive on the screen!
(Rather than just text)
* Every message becomes Super expressive - even the words!
* Even if it's not a voice message, the system analyses the message and
animates the words coming out to add vocal variety!
or
You can add some degree of manual animation by dragging a slider then
releasing (as explained above) the message.
3.
A completely new way to send Emojii!!!
And SUPER CRAZY new emojii!
Most Exciting New Features:
* Emojii are now ANIMATED, 3D and bigger.
In fact, you can hold them to inflate them really big!
CUSTOMISE EMOJII... with your face?!
* When you insert an emojii, make an expression, and the emojii's
expression will change to reflect yours!
It can get SUPER CRAZY!
The tears laughing emojii can turn red if you look angry, so it's angry and laughing at the SAME TIME!
(The only condition is, the emojii needs to have an expression.
Yeah, angry mushrooms might take this a bit far... though it's not a totally bad idea...)
* CONTEXTUAL suggestions: Scroll to a message or picture on the screen,
and iOS will suggest emojiis that you can use in the emojii panel.
* But because this feature isn't perfect anyway...
Emojii are categorised within the menu and can be searched for
(like the Stickers UI in Facebook Messenger, where the categories are listed)
* Emojii are bigger in the menu bar, and you can now scroll vertically through them.
AND BONUS!!!!
A whole NEW emojii pack for the Asian market. (And US too, if they choose to get it in "Keyboards".)
Asian emojii (like the ones available on China's main platform, WeChat) are super expressive.
Here is an example.
Adding Asian - style emojii expressions will add a whole new dimension to Emojii.
4.
Sponsorship Opportunities
A new Marvel movie just came out? Or a new artist released a single with a new look?
Perhaps a new President got elected?
There'll be a new Memojii outfit/costume related to this.
(Spiderman, Trump, Lady GaGa, The Laker, you name it)
It will be featured on the home page of the Messages app.
This would bring tonnes of publicity to Apple's service.
There would be some type of points system (as suggested with Memojii DJ) to buy special
Memojii outfits. This keeps user's engaged, and actually using the features to work
towards something.
Extra Bonus...
What about make Siri your Memojii instead?
........
or are you tired of Memojii by now?
CONCLUSION
So what do you think of my ideas?
Could Apple pull it off? (I think they could, with the right talent)
Is it a good idea to bring gamification to iPhone?
Is it possibly making it too addictive? Should we just stick to bare bones features?
If you've come this far thank you so much for reading!
Share your comments, and/or please, share your own exciting ideas!!!!!
BUT ....
I'd like to talk FUN, potentially game-changing iOS features.
1.
Memojii DJ!!!
See an idea of the concept.
You host your own virtual DJ floor or join one....
as your Memojii!
Bust moves out on the dance floor with old or new
friends, using songs from Apple Music, Garageband
or other sources (music files).
Most Exciting New Features:
* Apple Music opens up for non-iOS devices
* Anyone can make a Memojii and join in the fun
All Features:
* Song Queue so everyone can DJ.
* Gain points by DJing or joining in.
* Spend points on new moves, Memojii looks or DJ room decor.
* A new "DJ" tab in the Music app to discover rooms
* Artists can promote their songs by hosting a room
* Streamlined Apple design, mobile and desktop friendly
Concept above is from plug.dj
How will this add value?
* Bring GAMIFICATION to an Apple service through POINTS
* CHALLENGE users to DISCOVER music with INCENTIVES
* Artists can PROMOTE music in INTERACTIVE ways
Gamification is proven to work. Just get the right guys on board.
Help us discover new types of music we otherwise never would have!
Social Awards and Recognition are very powerful tools, and under-
utilised in all Apple services.
2.
MEMOJII Messages!!
Your words become art! ~
Most Exciting New Features:
* Memojiification to the max
* iMessage opens up to non - iOS devices
* Completely redesigned app
All Features:
* Memojii Stories / Blog
Basically you speak, your Memojii/Animojii animates the mouth movements for you,
and the words come out of the mouth as you say it (or it can convert text)
The words will fly out from the Memojii and appear under the Memojii (similar UI as "Lyrics").
If you YELL a word, it will EMPHASISE-animate as it comes out of the memojii's mouth.
Or if you whisper it, it'll appear small, etc...
You can also effortlessly edit the clip to fix any voice detection typos, dress the memojii up temporarily
(e.g. wear a beanie of your favourite sport team between 0:32 and 0:40)
use manual emphasise effects on certain words or do other visual effects (like confetti).
The words can be edited with really cool animations to perfectly match your
Vocal Variety.
You could make anything from a Vine style clip - e.g. "This meeting is "sooooo"
boring." The word "sooooo" dribbles out of the memojii's mouth and your memojii turns
old - to a 10 minute blog post!!
In the "sooo boring" example, the app can then cleverly analyse your words to suggest
an extra audio effect of a cricket noise to play after you speak.
These memojii stories can also be placed on top of clips.
* Really Fun Memojii Reactions
Easily react to a message (currently you need to hold down on a message and get boring
reaction options) using your emojii.
There will be different suggested reactions based on the content of the message, no
longer limiting you to the standard set.
The reactions will include very expressive animations. (Going beyond Facebook Messenger's reactions)
E.g. OMG! will be your Memojii's head exploding and hitting against the speech bubble.
The animations will feel Impactful and Delightful, also using haptic vibration to add depth.
* Memojiis are the new texting!!!!
There'll be a memojii icon in the text field to memojiify your message whenever you want.
So if you type a message you can hit this button, and instead of sending a speech bubble,
your memojii can speak it and the words will come out of its mouth in an expressive way.
A system voice will speak the message for you. You can simply drag a slider before you send it
to intuitively set how Dramatic the voice should be. Haptic vibration will aid you.
e.g. rapid vibrations indicate VERY dramatic, so the Memojii will YELL your message.
Memojii replies from friends can instantly play on your Lock Screen after Face ID'ing.
(The background will be black to focus on the Memojii reply)
* Memojii Walkie-Talkie
Set up Memojii Walkie Talkie with a friend, where you simply pick up your phone and their
emojii head will be on your lock screen. It'll speak the message, with the text coming out
of the Memojii's mouth in a delightful and playful way.
The volume and speed of voice will also determine the way the words come out. (If voice)
For example if you say WHAT-THE-HECK with a pause, the words will stutter and stop
as each of them fly out, in rhythm with the voice.
Overall, Memojii turns messaging into a visual art - form in the new Apple Messages.
The Walkie Talkie feature works with text and voice.
How will this add value?
* Humanising Messages interaction - simply look at your phone and see
an animated face talking to you, the words coming alive on the screen!
(Rather than just text)
* Every message becomes Super expressive - even the words!
* Even if it's not a voice message, the system analyses the message and
animates the words coming out to add vocal variety!
or
You can add some degree of manual animation by dragging a slider then
releasing (as explained above) the message.
3.
A completely new way to send Emojii!!!
And SUPER CRAZY new emojii!
Most Exciting New Features:
* Emojii are now ANIMATED, 3D and bigger.
In fact, you can hold them to inflate them really big!
CUSTOMISE EMOJII... with your face?!
* When you insert an emojii, make an expression, and the emojii's
expression will change to reflect yours!
It can get SUPER CRAZY!
The tears laughing emojii can turn red if you look angry, so it's angry and laughing at the SAME TIME!
(The only condition is, the emojii needs to have an expression.
Yeah, angry mushrooms might take this a bit far... though it's not a totally bad idea...)
* CONTEXTUAL suggestions: Scroll to a message or picture on the screen,
and iOS will suggest emojiis that you can use in the emojii panel.
* But because this feature isn't perfect anyway...
Emojii are categorised within the menu and can be searched for
(like the Stickers UI in Facebook Messenger, where the categories are listed)
* Emojii are bigger in the menu bar, and you can now scroll vertically through them.
AND BONUS!!!!
A whole NEW emojii pack for the Asian market. (And US too, if they choose to get it in "Keyboards".)
Asian emojii (like the ones available on China's main platform, WeChat) are super expressive.
Here is an example.
Adding Asian - style emojii expressions will add a whole new dimension to Emojii.
4.
Sponsorship Opportunities
A new Marvel movie just came out? Or a new artist released a single with a new look?
Perhaps a new President got elected?
There'll be a new Memojii outfit/costume related to this.
(Spiderman, Trump, Lady GaGa, The Laker, you name it)
It will be featured on the home page of the Messages app.
This would bring tonnes of publicity to Apple's service.
There would be some type of points system (as suggested with Memojii DJ) to buy special
Memojii outfits. This keeps user's engaged, and actually using the features to work
towards something.
Extra Bonus...
What about make Siri your Memojii instead?
........
or are you tired of Memojii by now?
CONCLUSION
So what do you think of my ideas?
Could Apple pull it off? (I think they could, with the right talent)
Is it a good idea to bring gamification to iPhone?
Is it possibly making it too addictive? Should we just stick to bare bones features?
If you've come this far thank you so much for reading!
Share your comments, and/or please, share your own exciting ideas!!!!!
