Prototype
A model or first model of the intended future product. It functions as a visual example for the creators to find out how it will fare out once it is confirmed to become an actual product to be sold in the market. Bugs, problems would be easily seen by the creation of the product prototype. Stakeholders can also envision the product in its intended form and for users to be able to interact with it as realistically as possible.
Prototypes comes in different forms. Ones that do not look that similar with the intended product are low-fidelity prototypes. Mostly used during the conceptual design, it is a simple and quick way to show the general form of the product without needing to spend all the costs to use actual materials that would be used for the final thing.
High-fidelity prototypes are realistic models of the final product. It uses the actual materials that would be then later be used for the final thing and is as close to to the final product as it can be. It gives a much more accurate model that can be used to test out ideas or approaches with the future users to see how it would fare out when it is used by the intended audience.Though more costly than the low-fidelity prototype, it is helpful in finding out major problems that can be fixed before the production of the final product and in turn would help to save the company a lot of money and time from building a faulty product.
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