SenseTime

3D redesign of an AI educational application

Timeline

May - Nov 2020

Team

UX Design Intern, Design Team of 6 for company of 3K employees

Highlight

3D brand characters and UI for SenseStudy—adopted by 135K+ students across 250+ schools.

Overview

During my gap semester in 2020, I was a UX Design intern for SenseTime in Shanghai, China. SenseTime is an AI unicorn specializing in computer vision and facial recognition, with a current valuation of $12 billion.

As part of the User Experience Design team, I developed 3D brand characters and UI for the Education website shown in this case study.

SenseStudy

AI educational application

Problem

SenseStudy is an eLearning computer science platform for all ages, used by K-12 schools as well as vocational training programs. However, our current vector designs are similar to competitors and lack the feeling of tangibility in the hardware-related lessons.

Objective

How do we represent software and hardware development through our visual identity and distinguish ourselves from competitors?

Outcome

135K+

students

250+

schools

Q3 2020

product launched!

3D Character Design

Based on the 2D line designs created by my colleague, I developed five characters from scratch. It was my most challenging 3D design project and a strenuous process of modeling, shading, rigging, skinning, and rendering.

Explore Page Redesign

Using the 3D characters that I modeled, I redesigned the product's explore page. This product teaches K-12 students software development for AI sensor hardware in their IT classes, so I also created reusable 3D assets related to sensors and cameras.

Explore Page

Login Page Redesign

Lastly, I redesigned the education website's login page. The main audience is teachers, so the UI is more minimal to convey the logical nature of computer science. Ultimately, the renders were used on the Home page instead.

Home Page

Neumorphic UI Design System Exploration

My design is displayed in the company's exhibition hall!

More Highlights

Sense Hackathon

Other than the SenseStudy project, I also participated in the internal hackathon. It was super fun presenting my project in front of all the judges and cheering my colleagues on during the award ceremony!

If you are down here already, thanks for taking this journey with me! I would love to hear from you to talk more about my projects. Otherwise, thanks for reading!