Tangible Augmented Reality App Design
Led a cross-functional team of engineers, designers, and UX researchers to create a novel archival experience with haptic feedback.
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Products
wire-frames.
Research Design
As a PhD Student, I have led a diverse team of multidisciplinary undergraduate and graduate students to repurpose a traditional mancala game board from Rwanda (Igisoro).
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Project timeline:
Jan - Apr 2022: explore game's materiality, recreate the game board by user testing best interactive tactile experiences, ran an informal user study in lab
Jan - Apr 2023: ​explored game's narrative structure and developed interactive cues for projection mapping to create immersive experience for children.
June - July 2023: explored generative AI storytelling, sensor-based story triggers that dynamically respond to a finger's warmth and computer vision object recognition for story projection.
Publications
[Currently in print] Using computer-enabled design including Abode Illustrator and TinkerCad to reimagine the traditional igisoro game board. This paper discusses the design process and user-centred design workshop that led to our prototype.
[Currently in print] How projection storytelling adds an immersive element to our previously built igisoro prototype. Augisoro imagines the narrative possibilities in game design.
Building on prior research, we designed TARA to address challenges faced by cultural heritage researchers, including limited access to collections, as well as the time and budget constraints associated with archival visits.
In this paper, we investigate how innovative technologies in the field of cultural heritage, particularly augmented reality, can be used to advance research in a highly digitized era.
First wireframe for mobile augmented reality application for the TCA project
Iterated design for mobile AR app; used one interactive cube as image target instead of using multiple objects as image targets.
First wireframe for mobile augmented reality application for the TCA project