Esync Occhiali AR by Esync Design Team is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award di Ferru in Tecnulugia Indossabile Competition Category.

FerruTecnulugia Indossabile· 2024

Esync Occhiali AR

by Esync Design Team

Client: E-Sync

A' Design Award di Ferru Winner in Tecnulugia Indossabile Category

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The Design

About Esync Occhiali AR

E-sync hè un aiutu di cumunicazione portabile per e persone cù perdita di l'audizione, chì usa l'IA per analizà a parlata è e emozioni. Cunvertisce u cuntenutu di a parlata è e emozioni in testu è vibrazioni tattili per permette à l'utilizatori di capisce u tonu di u parlante. L'utilizatori ponu risponde in lingua di i segni, chì hè cunvertita in missaghji vocali attraversu l'IA. U disignu pieghjevule di u dispusitivu hè cunveniente è protettivu, cù una schema di culore elegante chì s'armonizeghja cù l'abbigliamentu cutidianu. L'applicazione accumpagnante permette a persunalizazione di u trattamentu linguisticu in tempu reale, migliurendu l'esperienza di cumunicazione per l'utilizatori in l'interazzioni suciali.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award di Ferru

Esync Occhiali AR hè un vincitore di u premiu A' Design Award di Ferru, una ricunniscenza prestigiosa attribuita à i boni disegni chì rispondenu à i requisiti prufessiunali è industriali aspettati da creazioni ben cuncipite. I vincitori di Ferru dimustranu una grande abilità, una alta specializazione, una cumpresa esperta è a capacità creativa di i so creatori. Si aspetta chì Esync Occhiali AR sia una creazione assai apprezzata, ammirata è cara chì hè pratica è innuvatrice. Stu disegnu vincitore di u premiu A' Design Award di Ferru integra e migliori pratiche di u settore è hà caratteristiche tecniche cumpetenti ligate à u sapè fà è à u talentu. Esync Occhiali AR hè rispettatu per a so meticulosità è hè cuncipitu per furnisce miglioramenti di a qualità di a vita chì aiutanu à fà di u mondu un locu megliu.

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