Virtual Labs
Virtual science simulations for students and teachers. A start-up backed by a global education company.
Role
I was design lead across the Virtual Labs product for Creating interactive web learning experiments. Working as part of a product and engineering team (within UsTwo design agency) as well as managing internal designers.
Achievements
Translating real experiments into a ‘virtual classrooms’
Making the UX have enough intentional friction to engage learning.
Collaboration with education experts in Boston, Utah and the UK.
Product design/UX/UI, Brand design, Research, Strategy, Wireframes, Prototypes.
Product overview and branding concepts
A video (in high speed) showing the interactivity of the lab for a chemical mixing experiment (Titration).
Making the labs ‘easy to use’ but challenging to ‘learn the science’ was a fascinating journey for both educators and product designers!
Chemistry lab
Physics lab
Experimental AR app concept worked with alongside UsTwo agency