Esync AR Naočale by Esync Design Team is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 Željezna nagrada A' Design Award in Dizajn Nosivih Tehnologija Competition Category.

ŽeljezoNosiva Tehnologija· 2024

Esync AR Naočale

by Esync Design Team

Client: E-Sync

Željezna nagrada A' Design Award Winner in Nosiva Tehnologija Category

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The Design

About Esync AR Naočale

E-sync je nosivi komunikacijski uređaj za osobe sa oštećenjem sluha koji koristi AI za analizu govora i emocija. Pretvara sadržaj govora i emocije u tekst i taktilne vibracije kako bi korisnici razumjeli ton govornika. Korisnici mogu odgovoriti znakovnim jezikom, koji se kroz AI pretvara u govorne poruke. Sklopivi dizajn uređaja je praktičan i zaštitni, sa elegantnom paletom boja koja se uklapa sa svakodnevnom garderbom. Prateća aplikacija omogućava prilagođavanje obrade jezika u realnom vremenu, poboljšavajući komunikacijsko iskustvo korisnika u društvenim interakcijama.

The Recognition

About the Željezna nagrada A' Design Award

Esync AR Naočale je pobjednik Željezne nagrade A' Design Award, prestižnog priznanja koje se dodjeljuje dobrim dizajnima što ispunjavaju profesionalne i industrijske zahtjeve očekivane od dobro dizajniranih kreacija. Željezni pobjednici pokazuju veliku vještinu, visoku specijalizaciju, stručno razumijevanje i kreativne kapacitete svojih stvaralaca. Očekuje se da Esync AR Naočale bude visoko cijenjena, voljena i njegovana kreacija koja je praktična i inovativna. Ovaj dizajn koji je osvojio Željeznu nagradu A' Design Award integrira najbolje industrijske prakse i ima kompetentne tehničke karakteristike povezane sa znanjem i talentom. Esync AR Naočale se poštuje zbog svoje temeljitosti i dizajniran je da pruži poboljšanja kvaliteta života koja pomažu da svijet postane bolje mjesto.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: E-sync, AR smart glasses for the hearing impaired, aims to improve emotion recognition and expression in interpersonal communication. E-sync uses AI hardware to analyze speech and gestures, generating visual and auditory feedback through AR technology. It adapts to social contexts and emotional signals, enhancing communication for the hearing impaired and reducing misunderstandings.
Dimensions & Packaging: 150mm x 155mm x 38mm
E-sync's unique lens storage design adds convenience and protection, while its elegant color scheme and material combination enhance comfort and style, making it both functional and fashionable. Moreover, the accompanying app E-connect, allows for real-time language processing adjustments, ensuring convenient usage.
Tags: AR glasses, Hearing-impaired people, Emotional expression, AI Hardware, Smart Wearable Technology
Production Technology: The introduction of AI technology into E-sync enhances face-to-face communication for the hearing-impaired. It recognizes speech content and emotional cues, converting them into text and tactile feedback. Users can respond using sign language, which the device converts into suitable speech based on gesture recognition. This closed-loop communication process, aided by AI hardware, reduces misunderstandings, and improves social interactions.
Design Challenge: We extensively considered the shape and size of the product during the design process, exploring options like smartphones and smartwatches, but ultimately choosing glasses as the most convenient option. We also considered privacy concerns during communication between individuals with hearing loss and hearing individuals, addressing these issues in our design of aesthetics and functionalities.
Research: 60.5M+ individuals with severe to total hearing loss struggle with conventional aids, limiting access to info & effective communication. Current assistive devices mainly convert speech-to-text, ignoring the depth of understanding and emotional conveyance crucial in social interactions. This barrier exacerbates isolation, discrimination, and mental health concerns in a hearing-centric society.
Inspiration: People with disabling hearing loss face limitations in accessing auditory cues, resulting in lower emotional cognition compared to hearing individuals. This lack of emotional understanding can lead to misunderstandings in social interactions and difficulties in conveying true emotions and attitudes. Consequently, it may cause offense or awkwardness, leading to misunderstandings and inconvenience.
Project Duration: The project started in January 2024 in Beijing and finished in March 2024 in Beijing.
Operation Flow: E-sync utilizes AI to analyze the speech information of the hearing population, generating visual information, which is then presented to the user through augmented reality technology on the lenses of the glasses. Additionally, the product scans sign language gestures through cameras and translates them into corresponding phrases. Based on the user's social occasions and physiological signals related to personal emotions, AI processes and outputs complete sentences through the speaker.
Team Members: Yiyu Qi
Wenfei Li
Yihuan Ma
Wenbing Du