WellNest Vision Glass
Redefining mental health care with immersive, interactive experiences
4 months (2024)Product Designer My Role
Timeline
✧ Background
In today’s fast-paced world, mental health often takes a back seat.
WellNest Vision Glass reimagines wellness by bringing the WellNest app into Apple Vision Pro, creating an immersive space where therapy, self-care, and mindfulness seamlessly blend into daily life. With interactive sessions, personalized content, and a calming virtual environment, users can nurture their mental well-being anytime, anywhere
✧ Problem Statement
Many individuals, especially busy professionals, struggle to access timely mental health support
Facing long wait times and difficulty finding the right therapists who truly understand their needs, requiring an accessible and personalized solutions that offer immediate supports and effective tools for mental health and well-being.
✧ Research
By optimizing the interface for AR/VR with hand gestures and voice commands, we provide a seamless and immersive experience that encourages engagement and empowers users to manage their well-being.
To build an accessible mental health platform that connects users with support anytime, anywhere.
✧ Product Goal
✧ How Might We
How might we use cutting-edge technology and interactivity to improve mental health and wellbeing?
✧ User Need
Users expects a quick and easy way to connect with therapists and mental health resources anytime and anywhere.
• Accessible Mental Health Support
Users need tailored resources, including therapy, self-care tools, and wellness content (e.g., meditations, podcasts) to address their unique mental health challenges.
• Personalized Wellness Content
• Motivation to Maintain Wellness
Users need motivation to stay positive and tools to track their mental health progress, set goals, and stay motivated, including rewards, milestones, and personalized insights.
• Interactive Experience with Intuitive Interaction
Users need a platform that is easy to navigate, with intuitive interactions through AR/VR, hand gestures, and voice commands to ensure a seamless and enjoyable experience. Users need an immersive, engaging platform that makes mental health support feel interactive and approachable, rather than static or distant.
✧ High-Level Competitor Analysis
Exploring industry leaders like BetterHelp, Talkspace, and Headspace gave me a front-row seat to what’s working and what’s missing in today’s mental health apps.
These insights and design choices revealed both strengths and gaps, shaping a strong foundation for building WellNest.
✧ Feature-by-Feature Comparison
✧ Wellnest Solutions
WellNest is designed to make finding the right support feel effortless.
✴︎ Feature 1: Smart Matching System
By connecting users with volunteer therapists who align with their unique needs, preferences, and availability, our smart matching system goes beyond surface-level pairing—considering goals, communication style, and scheduling flexibility to ensure a truly personalized experience..
✴︎ Feature 2: Wellness Exercises
WellNest offers a curated toolkit of wellness exercises like meditation, breathing, and grounding practices that turn small daily actions into lasting habits.
These bite-sized, easy-to-follow activities are designed to reduce stress, boost resilience, and keep users feeling centered and empowered on their mental health journey."
WellNest provides a private digital sanctuary for reflection.
✴︎ Feature 3: Journalling
With guided prompts and mood tracking, users can unpack their thoughts and emotions, fostering self-awareness, emotional growth, and a deeper connection to their mental well-being.
✧ Target Audience
Analyzes how users are feeling and provides first-step recommendations tailored to their current mood.
• Mood-based guidance
✧ How is Wellnest Unique
Curates self-help videos, articles, wellness exercises, and podcasts relevant to each user’s needs.
• Personalized content
Connects users with volunteer mental health professionals in their area for personalized support.
• Therapist matching
Helps users stay positive and motivated by visualizing their mental health journey.
• Progress tracking
✧ Persona
✧ Storyboard
✧ Feedback & Design Iterations
✧ What I learned
Through the Wellness project, I gained valuable insights into designing for mental health and well-being by deeply understanding user needs around emotional support, motivation, and personal growth.
I learned how to create a seamless and intuitive experience that balances guided wellness exercises with flexible journaling features, encouraging consistent user engagement without feeling overwhelming. Integrating a smart matching system highlighted the importance of personalization and empathy in connecting users to the right resources and support.
Overall, this project reinforced the significance of empathy-driven design, clear information architecture, and thoughtful feature prioritization when building tools that support sensitive and personal aspects of users’ lives.