Sparkling Farm

Sparking Farm is an innovative design project that merges virtual reality with everyday living to reframe household chores as delightful farming activities. The project's essence lies in enhancing the mundanity of tasks like sweeping by transforming them into virtual seeding, watering, and harvesting.

DURATION
Fall 2023

TEAM

Coco Chen, Leslie Li

MY ROLE
Experience Design
Future Casting

SOFTWARE
Figma
Maya
Gravity Sketch
MidJourney

Sparkling Farm was featured at World IA Day 2024 as a distinguished presentation, where I was invited to share insights and methodologies relating to Information Architecture (IA) in Spatial Design. It spotlighted our innovative approaches and solutions for integrating information architecture seamlessly within physical environments, illustrating the impactful application of IA principles in enhancing spatial experiences.

Our project infuses mundane household chores with excitement by turning them into a virtual farming journey.

How are we designing spatial interactions based on overlaying two information architectures, the physical room and the digital farm?

Information Architecture

AR offers us a unique opportunity to redefine spatial interaction by utilizing metaphors that overlap two information architectures to promote emotional engagement.

01 - Tools

Our broom was designed to resemble a rake and the mop took the shape of a blade, We are utilizing the similarity of their affordance to make the user feel as if they are doing another thing.

02 - Target

Mark areas that have been swept, guides users for more efficient cleaning but also ensures no spots are missed.

In the dirtier areas, we utilize the placement of more fruits to allow the user to drag the area more times to finish harvesting all the fruits.

03 - Environment

Add secondary environmental elements to enhance ambiance and immersion and increase confidence levels.

User Flow

Broom Rake

As you sweep, watch your digital garden flourish, making every sweep a step towards a greener environment.

Mop Curved blade

With each mopping, clean your space and simultaneously harvest your virtual fruits.

Enhancement Features

Animation

We implemented some enhancement features, for example, animation of plant growth, to give user immediate feedback and sense of achievement, in order to make the experience more engaging and convincing.

plant the seed

grow into flower

bear fruit

harvest

Glitter effect & Sound effect

Incorporating sparkling visual effects and crisp sound effects to evoke a sense of magic, while also capturing the fresh feeling of a cleaned space in reality.