Jennifer Story
Galaxy Connect
PROJECT
Kids entertaining
wearable experience
ROLE
Project lead, initiate ideas, opportunity mapping, research users/product/market, UX, wireframe, video storyboard
As a project leader/UX designer, worked with SW engineers, visual designer, the strategy team, and cinematographer
DURATION
Design Research and development Nov. 2019 ~ Aug 2020
Project Introduction
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Build a software based kids' wearable experience offering unique connectivity, entertainment, education features
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Provide new dynamic interfaces/methods to unlock a variety of kids entertainment experiences for the creation of new Samsung kids product line.
Challenges
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Fulfill both parents and kids needs
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Existing wearable turns into kids wearable
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Kids product line for Samsung wearable and build brand loyalty from childhood
Motivation
UX development
Utilize wearable sensors
Prototype of sound augmentation
Lightsaber
Magic wand
Prototype of gesture-based IoT control
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IoT device control (on/off, volume, etc)
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Content control for story navigation
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Consider partnership with digital media company
Talking state
Listening state
Others
Kaleidoscope effect
Summary of Experiences
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Connectivity: Live location tracking, parental control through smartphone app, whitelisting contacts, school mode
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Entertainment: Gesture-based content and IoT device control, gesture-based sound augmentation, instant talk (walkie-talkie), activity tracking
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Education: Access to location based content at museums, parks, attractions