Ruiyuan Bai

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GlanceMap

A glanceable AR concept map helps listeners reconnect with explanations while walking and learning.

ARLearning on-the-goGlanceable interfaces
GlanceMap: a glanceable spatial interface that supports reading while walking

Color in Context

Exploring traditional Chinese colors through their origins, cultural meanings, and use in contemporary design.

Information DesignCultural HeritageCo-designAI Assistance
A circular atlas connecting traditional Chinese colors with materials, nature, and cultural sources

Icon Colors

Guidelines for clear, comfortable AR icons that keep their intended meaning.

AR UIColor perceptionDesign guidelines
Alex designs icons using familiar screen color rules
Alex designs AR UIs
Through AR glasses, Alex encounters glare and confusing icon colors
“Too much glare”
“Hard to see”
Alex uses the guidelines to create clearer, more comfortable AR icons
Clear, comfortable icons with meaning

Games

Four games explore public health, dining rituals, women’s history, and animal lives.

The original three-dimensional town from Ambulance Rush01Ambulance Rush The Loofa Soup cast together02Taste of Connection Wan’er and Taiping, original characters from Her Sound, Re-sound03Her Sound, Re-sound Chunee, an elephantLaika, a dogFreya, a walrusThe last great auksJuma, a jaguar04Our World

Research

Four studies explore personal writing, art interpretation, cultural heritage, and poetry.

PersonaMail’s original illustration of communication with different recipients01PersonaMail Paris Street, Rainy Day — ArtworkParis Street, Rainy Day — Gaze heatmapParis Street, Rainy Day — Eye pathParis Street, Rainy Day — Region map02Beyond the Gaze The historical Suzhou handscroll from the project’s original system overview03Suzhou ScrollVerse Connected bubbles of poetic colors, imagery and emotion04VerseColor