Gear VR | SM Design

Gear VR Videos

Platforms

Gear VR

mobile

Role: UI | UX VR Design Lead

Software

3ds Max

Vray

Photoshop

Illustrator

Unity

Compatible Devices

Samsung Phones:

• Galaxy S9 / S9+

• Galaxy Note 8

• Galaxy S8 / S8+

• Galaxy Note FE

• Galaxy S7 / S7 edge

• Galaxy Note 5

• Galaxy S6 / S6 edge / S6 edge+ Samsung

Web and Mobile: (Not featured)

Tablets: • Galaxy Tab S2 • Galaxy Tab S3 Apple Phones: • Devices running iOS 11 or greater

Developed mobile design for Samsung VR that used a "real-time" environment. The goal was to run a highly optimized 3d environment for mobile VR platforms. The original room was a cube map and wanted to move to full 3d. The entire environment, baked lighting, single-pass shaders, atlas textures, are individual work. The work below shows my UI/UX work and main responsibilities. Lead a small team that shipped globally to over 12 million + users world wide.

Samsung VR Videos

The above graphic description showing a navigation panel above the table where videos float in front of the user. This wide thin panel concept was released in the early days of VR. I feel solid UIs that work for web and mobile can be translated to VR but need great spatial design.

This version of the VR mobile application was released in 2015.

Version 2.0 was an update to streamline and improve the immersive mobile VR experience.

• Signing in, following content, and customizing the users video experience

• Giving the user the ability to review larger amounts of 360 videos in groups and categories

• Improving version 1.0 UI with panel showing videos

• Optimization and creation of 3d room for mobile platform creating more depth

• Improving the video playback and UI screens.

• Allowing users to upload and watch their own created videos

Goals

Improve first version of of Samsung VR by simplifying options, improving menus, and improving usability of users for better UI |UX and tracking data.

UI UX | HDRI Cub Maps

Used several cube maps to quickly create background environments. These cube maps look great in the distance but the scene needed to be pushed with more depth. Everything in VR with 3d objects including the environment would accomplish this immersion. Also adding space and design layout for UI | UX Unity implementation. Creating soothing environments to feel relaxed, and giving the UI/UX the correct space for both user experience and spatial presence are important to think holistically for AR | VR projects.

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3ds Max

Vray

Photoshop

Illustrator

Unity

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