Providence

Project Overview

Focus Group Contributor & Playtester: "Oblivion" (Unity Production Foundations) As a core playtester for this 3D mobile puzzle game set in historical environments, I provide critical UX feedback and player perspective insights through bi-weekly development discussions. My contributions help shape puzzle mechanics and player experience in this historically-inspired game currently in early development. Focus Group Contributor & Playtester: "Oblivion" (Unity Production Foundations) | 2024-Present As a core member of the pre-development design focus group, I've influenced this 3D mobile puzzle game from concept stages through early development. My contributions include shaping core puzzle mechanics, providing level design input during planning sessions, and delivering detailed gameplay feedback as a regular playtester. The historical setting presents unique design challenges that our bi-weekly discussions help resolve, balancing period authenticity with engaging gameplay. My perspective helps bridge the gap between developer intentions and player experience.

Key Aspects:

⁑ Designing an intuitive, accessible desktop and mobile UI that maintained Providence's long standing brand identity.
⁑ Building a user-friendly experience that expands access to specialized care, particularly for patients in remote locations who can't easily visit physical therapy facilities in person.
⁑ Integrating volumetric videos into an AR environment, allowing patients to view exercises from multiple angles and better understand proper form and technique. These videos needed to be properly placed in the user's physical space, maintain proper scale and perspective, and remain responsive to user interactions.
⁑ Developing a hosting solution that was more cost-effective than their existing third-party platform.

My Role & Contributions

As the UX/UI designer on the project, I took ownership of the entire design process while collaboratively implementing interactive elements through pair programming.

I independently created all UI wireframes and high-fidelity prototypes in Figma, designing a comprehensive component library of 15+ UI elements that maintained Providence's established brand guidelines and were reusable for other AR applications.

Through pair programming sessions with my development team, I directly contributed to implementing the AR environment and interactive elements using JavaScript and A-frame. My specific coding contributions included building the custom video player controls (play/pause, mute, video scrubbing) and developing the responsive behavior that ensured proper video scaling across devices.

Impact & Results

The application we delivered provided tangible benefits for Providence Health. Our team's solution replaced their previous third-party platform with an AWS-based infrastructure, reducing their annual hosting costs by thousands of dollars.

The successful prototypes served as proof of concept, leading Providence to pursue additional grant funding for feature expansion and expand the market for their volumetric videos. Initial feedback from Providence staff indicated improved training efficiency and higher patient engagement with physical therapy routines.

The project gained industry recognition, being featured in multiple Intel promotional materials and showcased at Providence's "SEAL: Stop Everything and Learn" week.

Here is a link to launch the experience.