# Vana

R&D for Vana Labs — insight cards, 3D reconstruction on Metal, generative audio, and messenger agent templates in a native iOS demo.

- Role: Builder
- Company: Vana Labs
- Project type: R&D
- Duration: 2 months, 2026
- Scope: R&D, native iOS demo, 3D body reconstruction, insight card system
- Contributions: Product research, UX strategy, native demo, 3D Lab interaction design
- Live: https://www.vanalabs.ai
- Canonical page: https://skruglov.com/projects/vana/

Wearables already collect more about your health than most people ever look at. The R&D brief for Vana was about the next step: how to raise the value of insights for the user, how to shape UX so the experience feels maximally seamless, and how to increase social interaction within the audience.

![Vana — estimated biometrics with 3D body visualization]()

![Vana — glass UI cards for recovery, goals, and activity]()

> I explored a few directions. Insights could live in cards with interactive graphics per data type: a weekly recovery view, a longevity estimate, an update people want to share.

**Video.** Longevity weekly update cards in Vana, including the share flow.

> A 3D reconstruction from one photo makes the card feel like something worth forwarding, not a row in a table; estimated biometrics from that same photo add context Apple Health does not carry on its own. I also looked at sound as a separate track: audio for a finished insight video built from the user's variables, not a fixed library clip.

**Video.** 3D avatar visualization in Vana and the display settings around it.

**Video.** Product demo of the native Vana iOS experience.

![Vana — messenger agent insight templates]()

> The native iOS demo I built covered cards, Metal 3D reconstruction, and that generative audio pipeline. In parallel I explored a messenger agent for quick back-and-forth in channels people already use, without opening another app for a single answer. The templates above show insight types and how each one could be assembled.

![Vana — messenger agent chat from onboarding to recovery insight]()