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The big idea in question.
Feel free to read as much or as little as you'd like - Camilo ◡̈
The world above us is bigger than we can imagine, but telescopes do not respond to human curiosity through conversation. I want to be able to ask the universe, “How far away is the Moon?” and learn about the world as I stargaze. In the modern science of Telescopy, there are telescopes that will easily connect you with the stars above. As a UX/UI designer, I noticed that a digitally connected design solution could elevate the experience of stargazing.
So, I thought to myself :
- How can I connect a telescope to a mobile, tablet, and an AI conversational interface for the human in the loop?
- What if there were a way to control your stargazing experience and learn about the universe on your phone?
- How can AI add value to a user experience with a human-centered design approach?
The idea is to design a pocket observatory with Stargazer AI integrated into the user experience to add value to the overall product goals. With the ability to control your telescope and automatically adjust, learn from, and view your telescope. The goal is to connect people to the universe above. My target audience will be those interested in astrology/astronomy, whether it is educators/students, scientists, or hobbyists.
By merging the world above us with a user experience and interface, I am connecting the telescope functions of adjustment, navigation, and conversation to a mobile, tablet, and conversational interface (AI).
So, I thought to myself :
- How can I connect a telescope to a mobile, tablet, and an AI conversational interface for the human in the loop?
- What if there were a way to control your stargazing experience and learn about the universe on your phone?
- How can AI add value to a user experience with a human-centered design approach?
The idea is to design a pocket observatory with Stargazer AI integrated into the user experience to add value to the overall product goals. With the ability to control your telescope and automatically adjust, learn from, and view your telescope. The goal is to connect people to the universe above. My target audience will be those interested in astrology/astronomy, whether it is educators/students, scientists, or hobbyists.
By merging the world above us with a user experience and interface, I am connecting the telescope functions of adjustment, navigation, and conversation to a mobile, tablet, and conversational interface (AI).
My Objective + Notes
Design an AI-enhanced connected ecosystem that seamlessly integrates digital and physical experiences across multiple devices and contexts. My objective is to create an intelligent, agentic system. An experience that anticipates user needs, learns from behavior, and collaborates across devices to improve stargazing.
This project emphasizes experience continuity, context awareness, and ethical, human-centered AI design.
This project emphasizes experience continuity, context awareness, and ethical, human-centered AI design.
*Six-week project with a total of three design sprints *
Project Component Requirements
1. Primary intelligent hub ( Telescope )
2. Mobile/tablet interface ( IOS control surface )
3. Wearable ( Touchpoint )
4. AI Agent ( Conversational Interface )
5. Human in the loop
2. Mobile/tablet interface ( IOS control surface )
3. Wearable ( Touchpoint )
4. AI Agent ( Conversational Interface )
5. Human in the loop
My design approach
One step at a time...
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Step One - I defined the problem.
Step Two - I created a component table that highlights the purpose, functionality, user goals, and technical requirements
of each interface/experience (Mobile/Tablet/AI/Human).
Step Three - I brainstormed design solutions and visual language.
Step Four - I prototyped my design by creating wireframes + mockups to test.
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In summary and reflection
In summary and reflection . . .
After tackling the challenge of designing an experience across devices, I learned how to stay diligent, adaptable, and focused on what the user needs.
I built a connected design integrated with experience continuity, context awareness, and ethical, human-centered AI design - and found it absolutely fascinating.
I enjoy the complexity behind how AI can be used to solve user friction, especially when expanding to new products. I wanted to build a seamless and accurate experience, and after doing so - I truly believe that conversational-based experiences could be a valuable use of AI.
AI conversational experiences are a tricky form of design and have been controversial in the world of experience design.
When we see AI being used for customer service and audiobooks, users often get frustrated with the experience.
On the contrary - when used for accessibility and education, users tend to see value and potential behind AI conversational design.
By creating a cross-functional design with a conversational use of AI - I was able to expand my ethics in design to focus on what is best for the user experience. This project triggered my internal design ethics through careful and nurturing design steps (listed above).
I was taught that AI can connect the user to new questions, curiosities, and answers to the universe above. As a designer implementing a conversational use of AI, I noticed how it opened doors to the overall experience. Users are now able to learn and grow while stargazing. I am a strong believer that while AI has a lot of progress to make in order to adapt to a human conversation - I know that this experience will add value to a product.
While ideating on the experience itself, I considered the implementation of a physical control on the telescope - but insisted that it would steer away from the user goals. To counteract this idea, I then chose to focus on simplicity by adding the remote to your phone and connecting the functions to a telescope.
your friend,
Camilo!
