- Have fast and authentic look and feel to finished product
- Ability to test particular UI components, elements, and quality
- System appears “live” to users
- Allows design team to focus on immediate issues

Benefits of High Fidelity Prototypes

- Ability to make changes during testing
- Alleviates pressure on users
- Flexibility to scrap design and reset

Benefits of Low Fidelity Prototypes

This graphic enlists the factors to think about when deciding on a low or high fidelity prototype

Choosing between Low or High Fidelity

The prototype's fidelity refers to how closely it resembles the design of the completed product.

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An original type, form, or instance that
serves as a model on which later stages are based or judged. 

Prototype

Pernice, K. (2018, December 18). UX prototypes: Low fidelity vs. high fidelity. Nielsen Norman Group. Retrieved February 19, 2022, from https://www.nngroup.com/articles/ux-prototype-hi-lo-fidelity/ 

UX Prototypes: Low Fidelity vs. High Fidelity

A UX prototype is an initial model of a product that is designed to understand, explore, or communicate what it might be like to engage with the product, space, or system we are designing.

UX Prototypes

It is a significant step in the early design process and helps visualize how the complete product would look operate. Prototypes also help with the feedback process that users or team members can point out to fix out which saves the design team time and money.

Why to test prototypes?

Prototype Fidelity

- Test overseer should explain the basis of the prototype but not the overall design of the product

- Describe state of the system when user is having trouble

- Assist users who believe the task is completed but are not in reality


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