College is a particularly important time for establishing and intervening in long-term health behavior patterns. However, young Chinese generations' eating behavior is not healthy enough, with the improvement of living standard, fewer fruits and vegetables, frequent breakfast skipping all result in an increasing rate of obesity. To educate college students to start a healthier eating habit, we created "Green Foodie", to provide a convenient way for college students to practice a healthy lifestyle and increase their responsibility towards themselves and society. We designed a combination of tangible interaction components and mobile application to suggest a suitable portion of food combination for college students. We also took advantage of multiple kinds of activities to engage college students to be persistent in this platform. We hope that college students can use this system to explore more healthy food and make a contribution to sustainability as well.
This study aims to identify how VR experiences impact the learning of a specific emotional dimension on adolescents (responsible decision-making RDM) and identify which cognitive and experience elements have incidence in the design of the learning experience. Based on literature and theories of VR and learning sciences, we conducted an experiment using VR on learning sessions with a control group based in ethical and emotional situations using the SODAS method to learn responsible decision making. Results show that the VR group gets a higher score after the sessions, and qualitative and quantitative data reveals that learning timing, cognitive articulation, learning attribution, cognitive load, and specific emotional dimensions might be impacted by emotional learning experience. The analyses provide helpful information for the further design of cognitive experiences on VR technology.
RoleRoad offers global travellers with local experience packages through a persona roleplay app with interactive technology. Hong Kong tourism has used ‘Shopping paradise’ as a promotion strategy for many years. Because of the popularity of online purchasing, shopping in Hong Kong is losing its advantages. There is an urgent need for creative change. RoleRoad believes that storytelling through a local persona in a first-person perspective is the best way to immerse yourself in a comprehensive and entertaining experience. After arriving in Hong Kong and downloading our app, travellers can choose stories of Hong Kongers. They will become the main character of the story, walkthrough local locations, shops, restaurants, and experience local life from a local perspective. Through RoleRoad, we hope to create new and fun Hong Kong travelling experience to global travellers, promote local brands and facilitate the recovery of Hong Kong tourism.
RoleRoad offers global travellers with local experience packages through a persona roleplay app with interactive technology. Hong Kong tourism has used ‘Shopping paradise’ as a promotion strategy for many years. Because of the popularity of online purchasing, shopping in Hong Kong is losing its advantages. There is an urgent need for creative change. RoleRoad believes that storytelling through a local persona in a first-person perspective is the best way to immerse yourself in a comprehensive and entertaining experience. After arriving in Hong Kong and downloading our app, travellers can choose stories of Hong Kongers. They will become the main character of the story, walkthrough local locations, shops, restaurants, and experience local life from a local perspective. Through RoleRoad, we hope to create new and fun Hong Kong travelling experience to global travellers, promote local brands and facilitate the recovery of Hong Kong tourism.
This design-led research project looks into the phenomenon of communication and expression in the diasporic family relationship, particularly between Filipino domestic workers and their kin. The research also looks into material culture and the meaning of the “balikbayan box” metaphor as a design prompt, leading to the creation of design guidelines and a concept development for Bukas, a tangible product linked with a mobile interface that facilitates meaningful daily communication for migrant Filipina workers and their families through a material artifact.
"In Hong Kong, people send 110,000 tonnes of textiles to landfills every year, meaning that on average we throw out around 1,400 t-shirts every minute. Recently, Minimalism is the new trend around the world which encourages people try to learn different decluttering strategies on clothing. In this project, we introduce people to these declutter strategies and support them to develop a decluttering habit from their wardrobes. Our vision is to improve the consumption habits of the teenager 18-26. The goal is to build a slow fashion community that cultivates their members to be more mindful of what fits them the best."
Nowadays, it's hard to help the world even if we try to. The act of charity can be said to be a complex struggle between the heart and the brain – we feel for the less fortunate and want to help the world improve, but we want to do it within our means and for our money to go to the most deserving organization. Every day, we are plagued with aggressive marketing tactics, an overload of information, and a lack of confidence as to how our money is being used.My proposed solution is a more comprehensive and functional charity-comparing platform, Clarity in Charity, that is engagingly informative while also providing a fair chance to every charity to advocate their respective causes without bias. Different than other charity comparing platforms currently on the market, I have integrated certain features into this platform that promotes critical thinking and encourages users to fully understand the background of charitable causes as well as their personal donation philosophies.
RoleRoad offers global travellers with local experience packages through a persona roleplay app with interactive technology. Hong Kong tourism has used ‘Shopping paradise’ as a promotion strategy for many years. Because of the popularity of online purchasing, shopping in Hong Kong is losing its advantages. There is an urgent need for creative change. RoleRoad believes that storytelling through a local persona in a first-person perspective is the best way to immerse yourself in a comprehensive and entertaining experience. After arriving in Hong Kong and downloading our app, travellers can choose stories of Hong Kongers. They will become the main character of the story, walkthrough local locations, shops, restaurants, and experience local life from a local perspective. Through RoleRoad, we hope to create new and fun Hong Kong travelling experience to global travellers, promote local brands and facilitate the recovery of Hong Kong tourism.
In Hong Kong, people send 110,000 tonnes of textiles to landfills every year, meaning that on average we throw out around 1,400 t-shirts every minute. Minimalism is the new trend around the world which encourages people learn different decluttering series on clothing. Our vision is to improve the consumption habits of the teenager 18-26.The goal is to build a slow fashion community that cultivates their members to be more mindful of what fits them the best.
Emotions are integral to human existence. The impact emotions leave on student motivation and engagement is gradually being recognized in academic settings. Traditional classrooms provide an opportunity to exhibit and assess these intangible aspects of human behavior, but it is always challenging for online students to express their emotions on video conferencing platforms. In this project, we have explored the various limitations faced by the students to connect emotionally with their classmates or the teachers and how distanced they feel in developing a community of learning in an online environment.
We drew inspiration from the Community of Inquiry model and created a design concept that empowers students to record their emotional state and provide feedback to teachers in creating a motivating learning climate. It also offered students a better emotional presence by creating avatars and enhance their virtual social presence (we called it LOREE).