Challenge
Technical careers need a fresh pull. Kids rarely see how building, fixing and engineering can be playful. Screens win their attention, while classic model trains gather dust in the attic.
Traingineers
How do we get kids excited about technical careers?
Insight
Children learn best by making. When the world becomes the interface, menus and interactions must feel like play. Spatial UI should work the way kids expect real objects to work.
Idea
Traingineers brings attic model trains to a new generation with mixed reality on Meta Quest 3. Physical nostalgia meets digital play. Kids lay tracks, place scenery and run trains in their own room while learning cause and effect, systems thinking and basic engineering.
Execution
I helped shape the user experience from the ground up. We studied how kids navigate mixed reality, then designed a menu that fits the room, not a flat screen. We defined natural gestures, spatial placement and physics that behave as expected. The result is a kid-first flow, from menu structure to object positioning, that keeps focus on curiosity and building.
- Agencycode d’azur & Capitola
- RoleUser Experience & Research
- Year2024
