Over the next 10 years, we’ll reach a point where nearly everything has become digitized.
Microsoft VR
Solution: Patent Application Publication
3D Animation preview
Rendering potential collisions between virtual objects and physical objects if animations are implemented. A method includes receiving user input selecting a virtual object to be animated. The method further includes receiving user input selecting an animation path for the virtual object. The method further includes receiving user input placing the virtual object to be animated and the animation path in an environment including physical objects. The method further includes, prior to animating the virtual object, displaying the virtual object and the animation path in a fashion that shows the interaction of the virtual object with one or more physical objects in the environment.
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Microsoft Mesh
Solution: Collaboration and communication
Markers and Annotations
Microsoft Mesh is one of the latest innovations in Microsoft’s ecosystem of MR solutions. Experts in the company believe that blending the real and virtual worlds through mixed reality could be the key to enabling better teamwork. This demand for a mixture of virtual and real-life connections became increasingly obvious in 2020, when the pandemic pushed teams apart.
During 2020, we recognised that although physical collaboration wasn’t convenient when it came to things like time management and travel. However, many business leaders and staff members struggled to achieve the same productivity without a similar “face to face” environment.
Microsoft Mesh promises to give us the best of both worlds (virtual and real). Within a holographic space, users can interact with different people and content in a shared and safe environment.
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Zaguu
Solution: Mobile app for food-sharing
End-to-End Experience Design
It’s an app that was born with the sole purpose of bringing an additional support and relief to all those people in a vulnerable situation that may require assistance; that in the light of the hard times we are currently facing due to sanitary emergency caused by Covid-19, those who can lend a hand, can do so with confidence and truthfulness.
For the moment, this app will only be available for Android users. It’s been developed to create a support Network, for those who have the chance to donate time, food and health protection material.
It will be open and available nationwide. What this app does is compile both private and public citizen initiatives, so that, whoever registers in the virtual platform to help, will have the certainty that it will be channeled to those who really need it and that their help will reach those most at need.
BillyGuru
Solution: Money exchange platform
Business model + End-to-End Experience Design
Thanks to the proximity and dynamics of business as well as demand from the border states of Mexico, we designed a social application which allows users to view the best exchange rates and distance range, so that they can get more value for their transactions, while avoiding traffic and reducing stress.
The application feeds on the information provided by users, as well as by a self-employment system, which consists of transforming registered users into self-employed people who, by feeding the different content in real time, may then be entitled to financial remuneration. Their performance and reliability is validated via an internal voting system which checks whether the updated information is correct for end users.
HoloLens 2
Solution: Mixed reality, MR
Interaction design and Prototype
The most comfortable and immersive mixed reality experience available, with industry-leading solutions that deliver value in minutes—all enhanced by the reliability, security, and scalability of cloud and AI services from Microsoft.
Thanks to the worldwide success of HoloLens I, in this second version we implemented the ability to read the hands and the iris in order to create a more fluid and natural interaction between the user and the real world, thanks to the use of mixed reality and its timely design.
Digital products and services were also created and, in the future, these will be integrated with mixed reality and the capacity for interaction with the cloud. We are currently still collaborating with HoloLens internal and external teams to improve interaction design, user experience, visual design, and product experience.
Individual contributions:
Internal IxD patents
Shell IxD Design
Several prototypes to proof internal concepts
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HoloLens ISolution: Mixed reality, MR
Shell Design and Prototype
Microsoft HoloLens, the only computer capable of interacting with the real world, displaying graphics without being connected to a desktop computer.
Currently part of the team working on interaction design, user experience, and prototypes for the development of new technologies on Microsoft's mixed reality platform. During the process, we explore an endless number of prototypes, including one involving the interaction between virtual objects manipulated by human hands in the real world; review and create user interface tools for external and internal programmers; develop VR campaigns for promotion in Microsoft stores worldwide; and create the first LiveCubes models with LOD optimization functions. We also explore prototypes that have allowed us to delve into new hologram technology, to deliver a fluid and optimized experience to end users, in addition to prototypes that provide a better understanding of MR/VR/AR platforms.
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PingPhone for FamilySolution: Product Design
Creative Director and Product Design
A mobile application that arose to help parents to monitor their children's daily activities, to prevent and reduce the possible risks that they can be exposed to.
Benefits:
01. Easy to use and register, without needing to be connected to the internet.
02. It uses SMS messaging technology so the only thing the phone needs is active cellular communication.
03. Localization ability.
04. Access to and monitoring of the call log of incoming and outgoing calls.
05. Access to and monitoring of text messages.
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PingPhone for BusinessSolution: Product Design
Creative Director and Product Design
Mobile application that was built for the purpose of being an effective communication and time management tool for entrepreneurs and/or collaborators of an organization.
Benefits:
01. Access to and recognition of missed calls, messages, cell phone localization, easy to use and register, and battery level.
02. With the implementation of the #History# code, it will send the last three calls and SMS messages received in the past 24 hours before the moment of activation.
03. Automatic privacy system that deactivates the connection after a few minutes of inactivity.
04. Ping provides the user with an automatic answering system for incoming calls.
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Shoot for the MoonSolution: Product Design
Creative Director
We developed a gamification product to improve internal communication and planning behavior for IBM worldwide, using a video game integrated into the internal network. This solution was born out of field research which indicated that, for many of the employees, it was difficult to plan the future and thus be productive. Therefore, by role playing and rehearsing they learned to perform and visualize strategic movements that benefited the operation.
Solutions:
Design strategies for video games and graphics, integration strategies, communication strategies, and design the interface and create winner rewards.
Benefits:
01. Facilitation of the socialization and capacity of employees to do business with each other in a fun way, through playing video games.
02. Contribution to more effective planning, proposing strategies for time and calendar organization.
03. Increase in the use and adoption of the company’s internal pages.
04. Learning through playing.
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Samsung Core-appsSolution: Product Design
Research and User Experience
After the great success of the Galaxy S III cell phone during 2013, Samsung made the decision to redesign the image, usability and efficiency of the calling, messaging, internet search, and email applications.
Thanks to the collaboration of Korean and US professionals, we had the opportunity to be part of the research and redesign team that created the new applications, currently the most commonly used applications by users worldwide.
Challenges:
01. Define the balance between the amount of technology and number of functions offered by Samsung, so that users could find the necessary tools and have a better experience.
02. Design the interface, as design techniques were used to display only the necessary tools in the first layer of the interface, organizing it in a logical manner so that the user could interact with all the applications in a simple and fluid way.
03.Recognize, listen to, and identify the needs and motivations of users, thereby interacting with them directly.
Benefits:
Positive, functional, effective, attractive, and empowering user experience.
Samsung + AT&T Foundry, U-verseSolution: Product Design
Product Design and User Interface Design
Disruptive innovation project that tests the imagination and user experience, using two of everyone’s favorite tools that are indispensable for daily life: the TV remote control and the cell phone.
We focused on visual design, usability, and strategy for developing the interface between a cell phone and AT&T systems to distribute pay-TV.
Challenges:
Break from the traditional paradigms of what the enjoyment of watching pay-TV represents, giving way to a comprehensive interface.
Benefits:
Users currently enjoy full control of their cell phone using the remote control to perform basic activities without physically interacting with the phone, thus maintaining the pleasant experience of enjoying their favorite program on pay-TV without interruption.
AT&T and T-Mobile Video CallingSolution: Product Design
User Experience and Interaction Design
With the arrival of new video technologies, Samsung considered it necessary to integrate a higher level of technology into its devices, thereby creating the double communication video call or group video call.
As part of the interface design and user experience team, we were collaborators and user experience leaders of the first integration of global video calling.
Challenges:
01. Design the interaction and logical trees for different types of cell phones and test theories relating to user interface and good use of cellular technology with the support of research groups.
02. Develop and test prototypes for the first version of the video calling application on the Google platform for Samsung mobiles.
03. Work on the functionality, configuration, and distribution of the screens between the sender and receiver.
04. Create optimal use of data in countries that don’t yet have unlimited data with their cell phone service.
Benefits:
01. Group video call integration
02. Effective interaction and connection between senders and receivers
03. Time optimization
04. Fluid and effective interface
Samsung Multi User FeatureSolution: Product Design
User Experience and Interaction Design
Samsung decided to make the experience of the user easier by developing the first multi-user integration for tablets on a global level.
Our collaboration consisted of being part of the interaction and strategy design team in applied technologies.
Challenges:
01. Tackle the issue of user privacy in regards to sharing or restricting internally installed applications.
02. Use of parental control and its different functions.
03. Strategies for distributing internal memory among registered users.
Benefits:
The Android operating system facilitates versatility and access to multiple users, creating personalized experiences.
Oglebay ResortSolution: Location Based Entertainment
User Experience and Technical Design
To enrich the experience of Schrader Center visitors and promote interest in local wildlife, visitors participate in and learn from meaningful content in a fun way, raising awareness in them so that they continue learning and enjoying new adventures in nature, beyond Oglebay Park and the Center itself.
The interactive gaming experience was developed via the Kinect platform.
The game has three different worlds: two different experiences with salamanders, one of which is focused on eating and staying healthy to survive the winter, and the second experience is about defending territory from invasive salamanders. Lastly, the third experience is that of a dragonfly that allows users to see how salamanders live from a different angle.
The visitor starts the tour with a special card (RFID), one for each experience, which is scanned at a kiosk. Once the experience is activated, the user identifies which sticker they must stand at based on their height, in order to jump and enter the world of the salamander. Mother Nature gives instruction on how to move through the world and on what is required to be a slimy salamander or a green dragonfly. The user will also learn about the delicious insects that are part of the diet or they can face battles with other predatory animals, learning about the mysteries of nature while doing so.
After completing their adventure, they can enjoy fun photos of their best moments and reinforce the messages learned about nature and its importance in our lives.
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Bennett Peji DesignSolution: Web Design and Custom Web-Based Database
Website Design Lead
Bennett Peji is a specialist in civic branding and cross-cultural design. He serves as an AIGA national board member in New York, a Commissioner of Arts and Culture for the City of San Diego, the Chairman of the Asian Business Association, and a Public Art Committee member for National City. He is one of the co-founders of the AIGA Center for Cross-cultural Design and is San Diego's first AIGA Fellow honoree. Peji is the recipient of the Arts, Business and Culture Award from the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce, the Outstanding Professional of the Year Award from the Filipino-American Chamber of Commerce and the Asian Heritage Award for Cultural Preservation. Besides business and community service awards, his firm has received over 200 design awards. Based on this research, we decided to create a corporate website design where we can show all the work and passion of Bennett Peji.
Included are the following three concetps:
01. The hard icon
02. The business card
03. A formal context and design where we can all share the company's 22 years of experience
Bennett Peji is a professional designer where he always includes all of his passion in every piece of work. Based on our research, we decided to incorporate this icon as the main icon in order to create an asymmetrical design.
The business card has successfully impacted both current and potential clients. Based on this information, we decided to add the essence of the business card in the primary menu to create a consistent connection between the tangible and the digital.
Finally, one of the most important points for this website is to incorporate the hard edges, brand colors and a formal structure to reflect the same ambiance Bennett Peji Design works with every client.
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