PRIVATE WORK

An eyewear that helps to control motion sickness and enable comfortable working in a moving vehicle.

#WorkontheGo

#Healthcare

#Lifestyle

#MotionSickness

#Optics

DRIS-T

PREFACE

Work while traveling with ease.

Post COVID work era has seen a great shift in how we see work and life. Today, most people than ever is working remotely - from their homes, hotel or even while traveling. As exciting as it may be, this new medium of work-life balance has summoned several inconveniences which were overlook upon previously - Privacy, Space constraints, power and network constraints, distractions, headache, motion sickness, etc.

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Increase in remote working post COVID, to maximise productivity.

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1 in 3 people experience motion sickness in certain conditions.

01 DESIGN
PROCESS

DESIGN PROCESS

SKIP RESEARCH

Skip "Research" and jump straight onto final design and comparison.

INTENT

Stop motion sickness while traveling.

To making traveling fun again for the sizable portion of the society which struggles with severe motion sickness. Further, to make working on the go a viable option to all.

INTENT

Stop motion sickness while traveling.

To making traveling fun again for the sizable portion of the society which struggles with severe motion sickness. Further, to make working on the go a viable option to all.

INTENT

Stop motion sickness while traveling.

To making traveling fun again for the sizable portion of the society which struggles with severe motion sickness. Further, to make working on the go a viable option to all.

ROADBLOCKS

A new Mechanism for Glass Wears.

I fsced 3 major challenges with this thesis project. Dris-T works on the priciple of gyroscope, but miniaturized for a comfortable wear. This meant that the parts were too fragile, expensive and required several trials for perfection and testing.

Expensive tinted optics

A special yellow tinted glass had to be imported from Tel Aviv, which was pivotal in the function.

Prototype was Fragile

The prototype was too fragile for mass testing. The frame would break when forced onto larger heads.

Intricate Mechanism

The mechanism which enambles the solution requires high precision tools.

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS

Working on the go as the new norm.

Due to increased competition and robust technology, people are "required" to work during commute to save time and to leap-frog their peers.

OBSERVATION 1

People engage in certain parts of their official/ private works during long commutes.

People prefer working in Cars> Flights > Buses > Metros/ Trains.

The most common types of tasks done by people while commuting.

OBSERVATION 2

There are several huddles that make working during commute a struggle.

People prefer working in Cars> Flights > Buses > Metros/ Trains.

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Decreased word effectiveness since concentration is disrupted by headache, nausea, dizziness and blured vision.

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Decreased word effectiveness since concentration is disrupted by headache, nausea, dizziness and blured vision.

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Decreased word effectiveness since concentration is disrupted by headache, nausea, dizziness and blured vision.

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Motion sickness contributes to a major portion of this struggle.

OBSERVATION 3

I interviewed ENT Specialists to understand more about motionsickness and its treatments.

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vestibular

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OBSERVATION 4

I researched about motion reflex systems for physics in human body to understand the full picture of motion sickness.

VOR

(Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex)

Eyes maintain focus on an object regardless of head movements to avoid motion blur.

OKR

(Optokinetic Reflex)

A set of involuntary conjugate eye movements to accommodate rhythmic movements.

OPPORTUNITIES

Areas of design intervention from research.

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Less VOR

The solution must enable less VOR to ensure that the user is comfortable.

Less VOR

The solution must enable less VOR to ensure that the user is comfortable.

2

Less OKR

The solution must enhance lower OKR to reduce stress and headaches.

Less OKR

The solution must enhance lower OKR to reduce stress and headaches.

3

Ease Velocity Integration

The user must not feel the rapid pitch and roll movement, which is directly responsible to vertigo and nausea. The solution must help to ease these movements.

IDEATION

The search for the most comfortable solution.

For a solution which makes working on the go possible, it needs to easily be adapted with similar semantics to an existing product. However, there are several directions which were possible, and I tried to explore a solution in each of these direction to find the most comfortable tool.

Ideation done on Procreate App on iPad (before the availability of consumer facing AI tools), to generate different directions for an accessible music player, such as walkman.

ITERATIONS

Finding the optimal design.

The Dris-T glass wear went through several iterations to bring down the overall size of the glass unit, reduce weight and to achieve a more unisex solution.

Over 200 3D printed variations were made before finalizing the most suitable version for DRIS-T. It's lens mechanism was the most challenging part with challenging details and weight due to choice and availability of materials.

02 FINAL
DESIGN

FINAL DESIGN

VIEW RESEARCH

Skipped too far? Go back to Research and Ideation sections.

DESIGN DETAILING

Introducing Dual Lens Motion System

I designed Drist-T to be a universal solution, as compared to parallel products which have age/ gender restrictions. It protects the user from symptoms of Motion sickness through DLMS* - a gyroscopic arrangement of 2 lenses sandwiching a ball bearing structure.

*DLMS is design solution that manages the Motion, Lighting, Posture and Peripheral vision to ensure a seamless workflow, as compared to other products in the category. It is the result of several trials and errors on actual patients suffering from severe vision based motion sickness - test results are presented in the "Impact" section.

1. Upto 70° Horizontal Shift,
For faux Horizon Level.

The lens rotates sideways to inform shifts in horizon angle while working.

2. Upto 45° Vertical Swing,
For maintaining posture.

The user will be forced to sit straight - maintaining the central axis of the body, thereby reducing head bobbing.

3. Yellow tinted lenses,
For cutting down contrast.

Using yellow lens helps to cut down any sharp contrast variation due to sun light (like a strobe). This reduces headache and nausea..

4. Large perforated panels,
For low peripheral vision.

The side panels of Dris-T is perforated to allow partial side view. Peripheral vision is needed for positioning, but too much can be nauseating.

User Customizable

Personalization is at the heart of DRIS-T. It is designed with the interchanging taste of user’s in mind - everything from the Temple, to the glass frame itself is user replaceable and do not require the help of an ophthalmologist.

Convenient Attachments

Selecting songs to match for the mood was never so easy. Just hold the device in hand and immerse yourself in the beauty of music. Melody, Jazz, Metal or whatever you Rock, Coda plays them all.

Thoughtful Packaging

The packing contains a front glass window which reflects yellow light off of the tinted glass, reminding the user to "use" the product as well as to check id the "replaced" it after use.

PROTOTYPING

Finding the optimal design.

The Dris-T glass wear went through several iterations to bring down the overall size of the glass unit, reduce weight and to achieve a more unisex solution.

Aesthetic mockup of the product was made for presentation at University Jury.

LOGO AND BRANDING

Freedom to work on the go.

Often long after the musical piece or song ended, a part of it lingers with us - the riff, drum beats, chorus, it could be any detail that stays in our heart.

IMPACT

Product Evaluation.

In order to claim the success of this project, I conducted a coordinated testing session with users suffering from severe motion sickness. The sample size was only a handful, however, the results were promising.

cOMMERCIAL WORK

cOMMERCIAL WORK

#WorkontheGo

#Healthcare

#Lifestyle

#MotionSickness

#Optics

DRIS-T

DRIS-T

PREFACE

Work while traveling with ease.

30%

30%

30%

Increase in remote working post COVID, to maximise productivity.

65%

65%

65%

1 in 3 people experience motion sickness in certain conditions.

01

DESIGNPROCESS

DESIGN PROCESS

SKIP RESEARCH

SKIP RESEARCH

INTENT

Stop motion sickness while traveling.

INTENT

Stop motion sickness while traveling.

INTENT

Stop motion sickness while traveling.

ROADBLOCKS

A new Mechanism for Glass Wears.

Expensive tinted optics

Prototype was Fragile

Intricate Mechanism

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS

Working on the go as the new norm.

OBSERVATION 1

OBSERVATION 1

People engage in certain parts of their official/ private works during long commutes.

People engage in certain parts of their official/ private works during long commutes.

OBSERVATION 2

OBSERVATION 2

There are several huddles that make working during commute a struggle.

There are several huddles that make working during commute a struggle.

30%

Decreased word effectiveness since concentration is disrupted by headache, nausea, dizziness and blured vision.

30%

30%

Decreased word effectiveness since concentration is disrupted by headache, nausea, dizziness and blured vision.

30%

30%

Decreased word effectiveness since concentration is disrupted by headache, nausea, dizziness and blured vision.

30%

OBSERVATION 3

OBSERVATION 3

I interviewed ENT Specialists to understand more about motionsickness and its treatments.

I interviewed ENT Specialists to understand more about motionsickness and its treatments.

vertibral

vertibral

vertibral

ocular

ocular

ocular

vestibular

vestibular

vestibular

vestibular

vestibular

vestibular

OBSERVATION 4

OBSERVATION 4

I researched about motion reflex systems for physics in human body to understand the full picture of motion sickness.

I researched about motion reflex systems for physics in human body to understand the full picture of motion sickness.

VOR

OKR

OPPORTUNITIES

Areas of design intervention from research.

1

1

DESIGN
PROCESS

FINAL
DESIGN

Upto 70° Horizontal Shift,
For faux Horizon Level.

Upto 45° Vertical Swing,
For maintaining posture.

Yellow tinted lenses,
For cutting down contrast.

Large perforated panels,
For low peripheral vision.