Interactive Menu:Personalizing the Dining Experience for Everyone
Sarah Allen, Ellen Chisa, Michael Hughes & Hermes Taylor
Why do we eat out?
• Convenience
• Social Opportunity
• Personal Attention
• Choice
The interactive menu empowers users by adding personal attention and choice back into their dining experience.
Meet Samantha
• 21 years old, junior in college
• Recently diagnosed gluten allergy.
• Lifecycle of someone with dietary restriction1. Safety2. Not being a pain3. Memorizer to Learner4. Refuse to Sacrifice
Safety
• “How was I supposed to know licorice had gluten!?”
• “I get the waiter’s attention, look him in the eye and explain exactly what I can’t eat.”
• “I take Benadryl right away if I feel anything!”
Addressing Safety
Addressing Safety
Not being a pain
• “I really don’t like having to interfere all the time.”
• “How can I tell them I can’t even drink normal beer?”
Automatic Substitution
Hassle-Free Ordering
Memorizer to Learner
Enhance, not Eliminate
Refusal to Sacrifice
Refusal to Sacrifice
Demo