Wanteat Video is a prototype application for Apple iPad which allows users to explore the gastronomy domain in a simple and entertaining way and to watch related videos.
In Wanteat project, the world of gastronomy is conceptually represented as a mixed social network of users and domain objects (e.g., products, restaurants or territories), linked by various types of relationships. Each network member is described by means of textual information, images and a series of related videos: for example, the videos which describe Agnolotti del Plin (a typical Piedmontese recipe) might explain how they are prepared, tell stories about village festivals when they are typically served or about renowned producers.
Videos are always associated to specific elements of the domain knowledge and contribute to describe them, e.g., they can show an interview to a producer, how to prepare a traditional recipe or the history of a certain town.
The peculiarity of Wanteat Video is that users do not navigate videos directly, but they have to access objects in the gastronomy domain to discover related videos. Videos can be accessed in three situations: when the whole wheel is visible (no sectors are expanded), when a specific sector is expanded and when an element detail is visualized.
