StylAR
Augmented Reality | Prototyping | Experience Design
Duration:
3 Days (Exhibition purpose)
Role:
UI Design, AR development
Client:
Personal Project
Team:
Robina Paulchoudhury
About StylAR:
StylAR was initially designed for exhibition purposes to showcase interior styling in augmented reality. The concept has now turned into an actual project in progress, the details of which are COMING SOON!
Overview:
This app allows you to effortlessly style your room or area under a multitude of enchanting space themes. It offers a curated selection of furniture, lighting, and decor, intelligently tailored to your previous choices, effectively serving as your very own interior design maestro.
The idea was to test interior styling in AR with more than one interior decor items in view.
Problem Statement
To view multiple decor products in one space so as to understand the style and look of the room/space.
Increasing rate of return and replacement of products
Buying of inaccurate product sizes and types
Difficulty in imagining the space without actual visualization
Why StylAR?
While multiple apps already allow you to view certain products in AR, StylAR focuses on styling the interiors of a particular space in AR allowing you to view multiple products at once and also gives suggestions based on your previous selection and selected space.
Following are the major problems StylAR aims at solving:
Quick conceptualization
The idea was entirely based on representing how multiple things would look together in AR and how the app would suggest further options based on previous selection.
Considering the number of days we had to develop the prototype, the easiest way to show the concept was to design a very basic 5-step process with the least detail possible. This version was also designed keeping in mind that the prototype needed to convey the idea quickly due to the exhibition setup.
1. Choose your wall colour.
*If you don't want to pick one, then you'll get all the furniture options available.
2. Based on your previous selection you get options of furniture that goes well with the wall colour.
3. Next, you get options to add extra decor if you want.
4. And lastly, opt for your perfect lighting and try and test it here itself.
5. Now, you can minimize the options area and view your space clearly, as well as capture or screen record it.
Exhibit Glimpse
The prototype could be made only upto choosing furniture options due to restrictions in Unity (software used for AR prototyping) yet it was highly appreciated at the exhibition.
The concept/idea has been applied for a patent.
Future Opportunities
The concept is now being thought through and in progress of becoming something great:
It has a potential to be an AR feature in an all-interior e-commerce app.
OR
It could also be an only iPad/tablet app for interior decor studios and showrooms for a great in-store user experience.
Stay tuned for some exciting updates on the same;)