PETAR is an AI-powered virtual pet companion app designed to explore how emotional interaction and daily engagement can be enhanced through AR and conversational AI.
Role:
UX Research · Interaction Design · Prototyping
Date:
2025 - 2026
Problem
Statement
The challenges of loneliness & the problems of owning a real pet (time, space, cost)
In-depth
interview
I have prepared for the interview by writing down relevant questions and creating a script. My goal is to confirm or refute my hypotheses through these interviews.
Research
Insights
The challenges of loneliness & the problems of owning a real pet (time, space, cost)
Design
Opportunity
Children learn best when they connect with a character. We partnered with The Little Labs to design a friendly elephant who guides each activity and appears across our stories. The character greets kids, models tasks with simple cues, and celebrates progress with animations and audio. Consistent personality, voice, and pacing help build trust, so practice feels like a narrative that kids can follow and enjoy.
Introduce
PetAR
Children learn best when they connect with a character. We partnered with The Little Labs to design a friendly elephant who guides each activity and appears across our stories. The character greets kids, models tasks with simple cues, and celebrates progress with animations and audio. Consistent personality, voice, and pacing help build trust, so practice feels like a narrative that kids can follow and enjoy.
Character
Design
Children learn best when they connect with a character. We partnered with The Little Labs to design a friendly elephant who guides each activity and appears across our stories. The character greets kids, models tasks with simple cues, and celebrates progress with animations and audio. Consistent personality, voice, and pacing help build trust, so practice feels like a narrative that kids can follow and enjoy.
Character
Design
Children learn best when they connect with a character. We partnered with The Little Labs to design a friendly elephant who guides each activity and appears across our stories. The character greets kids, models tasks with simple cues, and celebrates progress with animations and audio. Consistent personality, voice, and pacing help build trust, so practice feels like a narrative that kids can follow and enjoy.
Character
Design
Children learn best when they connect with a character. We partnered with The Little Labs to design a friendly elephant who guides each activity and appears across our stories. The character greets kids, models tasks with simple cues, and celebrates progress with animations and audio. Consistent personality, voice, and pacing help build trust, so practice feels like a narrative that kids can follow and enjoy.
This project taught me how small interaction decisions significantly impact emotional engagement, and how UX design in AI-driven products requires balancing system logic with human perception.
