Meta AR – Visual Design (Workspace Objects)

Visualizing the look of the Workspace launcher objects. There was a lot of iteration involved in getting the visual aesthetic to match the style and brand of Meta AR, while at the same time offering a proper affordance for users to understand what each object would do (a tool, a 3D object, or an application).

The idea of encapsulating the Workspace object within a "sphere" was to visually communicate to the user that this is something that can be easily "grabbed". What was very important was that we needed the user to perform a hand grab in the right way for the AR cameras and algorithms to capture the interaction properly, a grab gesture with the fingers out and enclosing inward (but not a "side grab").

Images created within Photoshop

Task

Visualize the look of the Meta Workspace hand grab objects