Role
Design Research & Product
Company
Vana Labs
Project Type
R&D
Duration
2 months
Scope
R&D, native iOS demo, 3D body reconstruction, insight card system
Contributions
Product research, UX strategy, native demo, 3D Lab interaction design
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.
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.
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.
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.
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I help founders turn early signals into clear, usable products - from product direction and UX to interface design, frontend, and AI-powered workflows.
My work has helped products reach millions of users and has been featured in Forbes, Billboard, The Times, Webby Awards, PCMag, TNW, Tech Advisor, MusicRadar, and Golden Kitty Award.
