Designing Jeep’s in-vehicle AR experience for 2050

Designing Jeep’s in-vehicle AR experience for 2050

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AR Interaction Design • Future Mobility • AAU × Jeep Sponsored Project

AR Interaction Design • Future Mobility • AAU × Jeep Sponsored Project

AR Interaction Design • Future Mobility • AAU × Jeep Sponsored Project

Concept

Jeep 2050


Jeep 2050


A future mobility concept for coffee entrepreneurs in Minas Gerais, Brazil. The experience connects vehicle controls, augmented reality, and farm insights to support travel and work.

A future mobility concept for coffee entrepreneurs in Minas Gerais, Brazil. The experience connects vehicle controls, augmented reality, and farm insights to support travel and work.

Concept

Jeep 2050


A future mobility concept for coffee entrepreneurs in Minas Gerais, Brazil. The experience connects vehicle controls, augmented reality, and farm insights to support travel and work.

Concept

Jeep 2050


A future mobility concept for coffee entrepreneurs in Minas Gerais, Brazil. The experience connects vehicle controls, augmented reality, and farm insights to support travel and work.

Details
Details
Details
My Role

My Role

My Role
My Role

Product Designer

Product Designer

Product Designer

Surface

Surface

Surface
Surface

In-vehicle AR interface + wearable interactions

In-vehicle AR interface + wearable interactions

In-vehicle AR interface + wearable interactions

Timeline

Timeline

Timeline
Timeline

June- December 2024

June- December 2024

June- December 2024

Team

Team

Team
Team

2 Designers • 2 Industrial Designers • 1 Architect

2 Designers • 2 Industrial Designers • 1 Architect

2 Designers • 2 Industrial Designers • 1 Architect

Problem
Problem

Connecting Mobility and Farm Life


Connecting Mobility and Farm Life


Connecting Mobility and Farm Life


Connecting Mobility and Farm Life


How might Jeep support coffee entrepreneurs in a resource-conscious 2050, connecting travel and farm work while preserving its spirit of adventure?

How might Jeep support coffee entrepreneurs in a resource-conscious 2050, connecting travel and farm work while preserving its spirit of adventure?

How might Jeep support coffee entrepreneurs in a resource-conscious 2050, connecting travel and farm work while preserving its spirit of adventure?

How might Jeep support coffee entrepreneurs in a resource-conscious 2050, connecting travel and farm work while preserving its spirit of adventure?

Solution
Solution

One Experience, Three Modes


One Experience, Three Modes


One Experience, Three Modes


One Experience, Three Modes


An AR interface concept that adapts across driving, autonomous travel, and parked activities. A wearable ring connects users to navigation, vehicle controls, and farm insights.

An AR interface concept that adapts across driving, autonomous travel, and parked activities. A wearable ring connects users to navigation, vehicle controls, and farm insights.

An AR interface concept that adapts across driving, autonomous travel, and parked activities. A wearable ring connects users to navigation, vehicle controls, and farm insights.

An AR interface concept that adapts across driving, autonomous travel, and parked activities. A wearable ring connects users to navigation, vehicle controls, and farm insights.

Outcome
Outcome

A Future Vision Presented to Jeep

A Future Vision Presented to Jeep

A Future Vision Presented to Jeep

A Future Vision Presented to Jeep

The team brought vehicle, interface, and architectural concepts together into a shared vision for 2050, presented to Jeep through a final presentation and project poster.

The team brought vehicle, interface, and architectural concepts together into a shared vision for 2050, presented to Jeep through a final presentation and project poster.

The team brought vehicle, interface, and architectural concepts together into a shared vision for 2050, presented to Jeep through a final presentation and project poster.

The team brought vehicle, interface, and architectural concepts together into a shared vision for 2050, presented to Jeep through a final presentation and project poster.

Experience Goals
Experience Goals

Adaptive to Journey


Adaptive to Journey


Adaptive Journey


Adaptive to Journey


Users complete the setup without assistance.

Users complete the setup without assistance.

Users complete the setup without assistance.

Users complete the setup without assistance.

Farm Insights into View


Insights into View


Insights into View


Insights into View


Reduce time spent re-explaining preferences across sessions.

Reduce time spent re-explaining preferences across sessions.

Reduce time spent re-explaining preferences across sessions.

Reduce time spent re-explaining preferences across sessions.

Work and Mobility


Work & Mobility


Work & Mobility


Work and Mobility


Help creators review and refine what their AI remembers.

Help creators review and refine what their AI remembers.

Help creators review and refine what their AI remembers.

Help creators review and refine what their AI remembers.

FUTURE CONTEXT

FUTURE CONTEXT

✧ Challenge

✧ Challenge

✧ Challenge

Designing for a resource-conscious 2050

Designing for a resource-conscious 2050

Designing for a resource-conscious 2050

Our concept explores a future where water and energy constraints reshape everyday mobility. We focused on coffee entrepreneurs in Minas Gerais, Brazil, imagining how Jeep could connect travel, farm work, and resource management.

Our concept explores a future where water and energy constraints reshape everyday mobility. We focused on coffee entrepreneurs in Minas Gerais, Brazil, imagining how Jeep could connect travel, farm work, and resource management.

Our concept explores a future where water and energy constraints reshape everyday mobility. We focused on coffee entrepreneurs in Minas Gerais, Brazil, imagining how Jeep could connect travel, farm work, and resource management.

📍Target Region

📍Target Region

📍Target Region

Minas Gerais, Brazil

Minas Gerais, Brazil

Minas Gerais, Brazil

✼ Key role in coffee exports
✼ Largest coffee producer in the world.
✼ Coffee Entrepreneurial hub
✼ Challenging landscapes

✼ Key role in coffee exports
✼ Largest coffee producer in the world.
✼ Coffee Entrepreneurial hub
✼ Challenging landscapes

✼ Key role in coffee exports
✼ Largest coffee producer in the world.
✼ Coffee Entrepreneurial hub
✼ Challenging landscapes

✧ The Shift Toward 2050

✧ The Shift Toward 2050

✧ The Shift Toward 2050

Sustainable Innovation

Sustainable Innovation

Sustainable Innovation

Vehicles will integrate eco-friendly technologies, reducing their environmental impact and promoting sustainability.

Vehicles will integrate eco-friendly technologies, reducing their environmental impact and promoting sustainability.

Vehicles will integrate eco-friendly technologies, reducing their environmental impact and promoting sustainability.

Autonomous & Adaptive

Auto & Adaptive

Autonomous & Adaptive

Autonomous & Adaptive

Expect fully autonomous vehicles that adapt to diverse terrains, enhancing safety and efficiency.

Expect fully autonomous vehicles that adapt to diverse terrains, enhancing safety and efficiency.

Expect fully autonomous vehicles that adapt to diverse terrains, enhancing safety and efficiency.

Productivity-Driven

Productivity-Driven

Productivity-Driven

Vehicles will blend work, travel, and leisure, keeping users productive and connected on the go.

Vehicles will blend work, travel, and leisure, keeping users productive and connected on the go.

Vehicles will blend work, travel, and leisure, keeping users productive and connected on the go.

✧ How Might We?

✧ How Might We?

✧ How Might We?

HMW strengthen Jeep’s bond with nature and adventure while leading in a resource-limited 2050 market?

HMW strengthen Jeep’s bond with nature and adventure while leading in a resource-limited 2050 market?

HMW strengthen Jeep’s bond with nature and adventure while leading in a resource-limited 2050 market?

✧ Persona

✧ Persona

✧ Persona

DESIGN DIRECTION

DESIGN DIRECTION

✧ 2050 Vision

✧ 2050 Vision

✧ 2050 Vision

Heritage

Heritage

Heritage

Represents Jeep’s connection to its roots, with a focus on Brazil's coffee farming heritage.

Represents Jeep’s connection to its roots, with a focus on Brazil's coffee farming heritage.

Represents Jeep’s connection to its roots, with a focus on Brazil's coffee farming heritage.

Concentric

Concentric

Concentric

Symbolized by circular design elements in the vehicle and architecture, representing unity, focus, and harmony.

Symbolized by circular design elements in the vehicle and architecture, representing unity, focus, and harmony.

Symbolized by circular design elements in the vehicle and architecture, representing unity, focus, and harmony.

Sensory

Sensory

Sensory

Focuses on immersive touch controls, connecting to the sensory experiences of coffee, like smell and taste.

Focuses on immersive touch controls, connecting to the sensory experiences of coffee, like smell and taste.

Focuses on immersive touch controls, connecting to the sensory experiences of coffee, like smell and taste.

✧ Style Guide

✧ Style Guide

✧ Style Guide

CONCEPT ECOSYSTEM

CONCEPT ECOSYSTEM

✧ Key Features Overview

✧ Key Features Overview

✧ Key Features Overview

✴︎Neuro Sensory Ring + AR Lens

✴︎Neuro Sensory Ring + AR Lens

✴︎Neuro Sensory Ring + AR Lens

Transforming how users interact with their world.

Transforming how users interact with their world.

Transforming how users interact with their world.

Delivering real-time farming alerts, vehicle access, and immersive AR that enhance productivity and connectivity.

Delivering real-time farming alerts, vehicle access, and immersive AR that enhance productivity and connectivity.

Delivering real-time farming alerts, vehicle access, and immersive AR that enhance productivity and connectivity.

✴︎Water Harvesting +beanalyzer

✴︎Water Harvesting +beanalyzer

✴︎Water Harvesting +beanalyzer

Turns rain into a resource

Turns rain into a resource

Turns rain into a resource

Collecting, filtering, and storing it for sustainable use.from daily needs to brewing coffee with a built-in analyzer that reveals each bean’s origin, flavor, and quality.

Collecting, filtering, and storing it for sustainable use.from daily needs to brewing coffee with a built-in analyzer that reveals each bean’s origin, flavor, and quality.

Collecting, filtering, and storing it for sustainable use.from daily needs to brewing coffee with a built-in analyzer that reveals each bean’s origin, flavor, and quality.

✴︎Autonomous

✴︎Autonomous

✴︎Autonomous

Lets the Jeep drive itself

Lets the Jeep drive itself

Lets the Jeep drive itself

Giving users freedom to focus on other tasks while the vehicle handles navigation, enhancing convenience and efficiency on long journeys.

Giving users freedom to focus on other tasks while the vehicle handles navigation, enhancing convenience and efficiency on long journeys.

Giving users freedom to focus on other tasks while the vehicle handles navigation, enhancing convenience and efficiency on long journeys.

✴︎Cabin Rotation

✴︎Cabin Rotation

✴︎Cabin Rotation

Helps users navigate tight spaces

Helps users navigate tight spaces

Helps users navigate tight spaces

Making it ideal for farms and cities with limited space. This innovation allows for more efficient maneuvering in challenging terrains and narrow areas.

Making it ideal for farms and cities with limited space. This innovation allows for more efficient maneuvering in challenging terrains and narrow areas.

Making it ideal for farms and cities with limited space. This innovation allows for more efficient maneuvering in challenging terrains and narrow areas.

✴︎Command Center

✴︎Command Center

✴︎Command Center

Jeep’s ultimate hub

Jeep’s ultimate hub

Jeep’s ultimate hub

Combining real-time farm monitoring, team collaboration, and a lounge for rest and recharge.

Combining real-time farm monitoring, team collaboration, and a lounge for rest and recharge.

Combining real-time farm monitoring, team collaboration, and a lounge for rest and recharge.

INTERACTION DESIGN

INTERACTION DESIGN

✧ Neuro Sensory Ring + AR Lens

✧ Neuro Sensory Ring + AR Lens

✧ Neuro Sensory Ring + AR Lens

✴︎Productivity at Your Fingertips

✴︎Productivity at Your Fingertips

✴︎Productivity at Your Fingertips

Blends productivity and mobility

Blends productivity and mobility

Blends productivity and mobility

Letting users track tasks, check calendars, and access navigation with simple hand gestures.

Stay effortlessly connected, productive, and in control.

Letting users track tasks, check calendars, and access navigation with simple hand gestures.

Stay effortlessly connected, productive, and in control.

Letting users track tasks, check calendars, and access navigation with simple hand gestures.

Stay effortlessly connected, productive, and in control.

✧ Water Harvesting + Auto Charge Pad + Beanalyzer

✧ Water Harvesting + Auto Charge Pad + Beanalyzer

✧ Water Harvesting + Auto Charge Pad + Beanalyzer

✴︎Auto Charge Pad

✴︎Auto Charge Pad

✴︎Auto Charge Pad

Seamless car charging

Seamless car charging

Seamless car charging

Once the Jeep parks over the pad, inductive charging begins instantly, using smart alignment and secure energy transfer for fast, efficient charging every time.

Once the Jeep parks over the pad, inductive charging begins instantly, using smart alignment and secure energy transfer for fast, efficient charging every time.

Once the Jeep parks over the pad, inductive charging begins instantly, using smart alignment and secure energy transfer for fast, efficient charging every time.

Brew your adventure

Brew your adventure

Brew your adventure

Select beans straight from the farm and let the integrated machine brew and analyze them, revealing origin, flavor, and quality for a personalized coffee experience on the go.

Select beans straight from the farm and let the integrated machine brew and analyze them, revealing origin, flavor, and quality for a personalized coffee experience on the go.

Select beans straight from the farm and let the integrated machine brew and analyze them, revealing origin, flavor, and quality for a personalized coffee experience on the go.

✴︎Beanalyzer

✴︎Beanalyzer

✴︎Beanalyzer

✧ Virtual Controller: Tri-Mode Mobility System

✧ Virtual Controller: Tri-Mode Mobility System

✧ Virtual Controller: Tri-Mode Mobility System

✴︎Kinetic (Driver-Controlled)

✴︎Kinetic (Driver-Controlled)

✴︎Kinetic (Driver-Controlled)

Navigation

Navigation

Navigation

The ring and the controller light turn yellow once activated using the virtual controller.

User interface displays the navigation and allowing driver to manually drive the vehicle while following the map to the destination.

The ring and the controller light turn yellow once activated using the virtual controller.

User interface displays the navigation and allowing driver to manually drive the vehicle while following the map to the destination.

The ring and the controller light turn yellow once activated using the virtual controller.

User interface displays the navigation and allowing driver to manually drive the vehicle while following the map to the destination.

✴︎Autonomous (Smart-Cruise)

✴︎Autonomous (Smart-Cruise)

✴︎Autonomous (Smart-Cruise)

Entertainment

Entertainment

Entertainment

The intuitive UI lets users sit back and relax, effortlessly controlling music, adjusting settings, and enjoying the ride as the car navigates both on and off-road independently.

The intuitive UI lets users sit back and relax, effortlessly controlling music, adjusting settings, and enjoying the ride as the car navigates both on and off-road independently.

The intuitive UI lets users sit back and relax, effortlessly controlling music, adjusting settings, and enjoying the ride as the car navigates both on and off-road independently.

✴︎Potential (Park& Transform)

✴︎Potential (Park& Transform)

✴︎Potential (Park& Transform)

Cabin Rotation

Cabin Rotation

Cabin Rotation

Designed to help the vehicle navigate tight spaces more easily by rotating the cabin to adjust the driver's seating position.

Designed to help the vehicle navigate tight spaces more easily by rotating the cabin to adjust the driver's seating position.

Designed to help the vehicle navigate tight spaces more easily by rotating the cabin to adjust the driver's seating position.

Allows the driver to face sideways or even backwards, providing better visibility and control when maneuvering in narrow or cramped areas.

Allows the driver to face sideways or even backwards, providing better visibility and control when maneuvering in narrow or cramped areas.

Allows the driver to face sideways or even backwards, providing better visibility and control when maneuvering in narrow or cramped areas.

Coffee Detection

Coffee Detection

Coffee Detection

As the Jeep Razies cabin rotates, onboard sensors scan the coffee fields, and the UI reveals detailed insights on each bean, showing ripeness, moisture, and quality in real time for a seamless, immersive farming experience.

As the Jeep Razies cabin rotates, onboard sensors scan the coffee fields, and the UI reveals detailed insights on each bean, showing ripeness, moisture, and quality in real time for a seamless, immersive farming experience.

As the Jeep Razies cabin rotates, onboard sensors scan the coffee fields, and the UI reveals detailed insights on each bean, showing ripeness, moisture, and quality in real time for a seamless, immersive farming experience.

✧ Command Center

✧ Command Center

✧ Command Center

Designed for Jeep’s Tri-Mode System

Designed for Jeep’s Tri-Mode System

✴︎Potential (Learning Lounge)

✴︎Potential (Learning Lounge)

✴︎Potential (Learning Lounge)

A museum-like atmosphere

A museum-like atmosphere

A museum-like atmosphere

Emphasizing environmental and agricultural practices to educate visitors or clients on sustainability, farming innovations, and coffee farming heritage.

Emphasizing environmental and agricultural practices to educate visitors or clients on sustainability, farming innovations, and coffee farming heritage.

Emphasizing environmental and agricultural practices to educate visitors or clients on sustainability, farming innovations, and coffee farming heritage.

✴︎Kinetic (Collab Lounge)

✴︎Kinetic (Collab Lounge)

✴︎Kinetic (Collab Lounge)

A dynamic collab space

A dynamic collab space

A dynamic collab space

Designed for hands-on activities, fostering interaction, teamwork, and decision-making among colleagues, farm entrepreneurs, and visitors.

Designed for hands-on activities, fostering interaction, teamwork, and decision-making among colleagues, farm entrepreneurs, and visitors.

Designed for hands-on activities, fostering interaction, teamwork, and decision-making among colleagues, farm entrepreneurs, and visitors.

✴︎Autonomous (Farm-Monitoring Station)

✴︎Autonomous (Farm-Monitoring Station)

✴︎Autonomous (Farm-Monitoring Station)

Automates & oversees with minimal input

Automates & oversees with minimal input

Automates & oversees with minimal input

Enabling autonomous monitoring, virtual connection with workers, and optimized efficiency through advanced technology.

Enabling autonomous monitoring, virtual connection with workers, and optimized efficiency through advanced technology.

Enabling autonomous monitoring, virtual connection with workers, and optimized efficiency through advanced technology.

FINAL PRESENTATION

FINAL PRESENTATION

Designing Jeep’s in-vehicle AR experience for 2050

AR Interaction Design • Future Mobility • AAU × Jeep Sponsored Project
Concept

Jeep 2050


A future mobility concept for coffee entrepreneurs in Minas Gerais, Brazil. The experience connects vehicle controls, augmented reality, and farm insights to support travel and work.

Details
My Role

Product Designer

Surface

In-vehicle AR interface + wearable interactions

Timeline

June- December 2024

Team

2 Designers • 2 Industrial Designers • 1 Architect

Problem

Connecting Mobility and Farm Life


How might Jeep support coffee entrepreneurs in a resource-conscious 2050, connecting travel and farm work while preserving its spirit of adventure?

Solution

One Experience, Three Modes


An AR interface concept that adapts across driving, autonomous travel, and parked activities. A wearable ring connects users to navigation, vehicle controls, and farm insights.

Outcome

A Future Vision Presented to Jeep

The team brought vehicle, interface, and architectural concepts together into a shared vision for 2050, presented to Jeep through a final presentation and project poster.

Experience Goals

Users complete the setup without assistance.

Adaptive to Journey


Reduce time spent re-explaining preferences across sessions.

Farm Insights into View


Help creators review and refine what their AI remembers.

Work and Mobility


FUTURE CONTEXT

📍Target Region

Minas Gerais, Brazil

✼ Key role in coffee exports
✼ Largest coffee producer in the world.
✼ Coffee Entrepreneurial hub
✼ Challenging landscapes

✧ Challenge

Designing for a resource-conscious 2050

Our concept explores a future where water and energy constraints reshape everyday mobility. We focused on coffee entrepreneurs in Minas Gerais, Brazil, imagining how Jeep could connect travel, farm work, and resource management.

✧ The Shift Toward 2050

Sustainable Innovation

Vehicles will integrate eco-friendly technologies, reducing their environmental impact and promoting sustainability.

Autonomous & Adaptive

Expect fully autonomous vehicles that adapt to diverse terrains, enhancing safety and efficiency.

Productivity-Driven

Vehicles will blend work, travel, and leisure, keeping users productive and connected on the go.

✧ How Might We?

HMW strengthen Jeep’s bond with nature and adventure while leading in a resource-limited 2050 market?

✧ Persona

DESIGN DIRECTION

✧ 2050 Vision

Heritage

Represents Jeep’s connection to its roots, with a focus on Brazil's coffee farming heritage.

Concentric

Symbolized by circular design elements in the vehicle and architecture, representing unity, focus, and harmony.

Sensory

Focuses on immersive touch controls, connecting to the sensory experiences of coffee, like smell and taste.

✧ Style Guide

CONCEPT ECOSYSTEM

✧ Key Features Overview

✴︎Neuro Sensory Ring + AR Lens

Transforming how users interact with their world.

Delivering real-time farming alerts, vehicle access, and immersive AR that enhance productivity and connectivity.

✴︎Water Harvesting +beanalyzer

Turns rain into a resource

Collecting, filtering, and storing it for sustainable use.from daily needs to brewing coffee with a built-in analyzer that reveals each bean’s origin, flavor, and quality.

✴︎Autonomous

Lets the Jeep drive itself

Giving users freedom to focus on other tasks while the vehicle handles navigation, enhancing convenience and efficiency on long journeys.

✴︎Cabin Rotation

Helps users navigate tight spaces

Making it ideal for farms and cities with limited space. This innovation allows for more efficient maneuvering in challenging terrains and narrow areas.

✴︎Command Center

Jeep’s ultimate hub

Combining real-time farm monitoring, team collaboration, and a lounge for rest and recharge.

INTERACTION DESIGN

✧ Neuro Sensory Ring + AR Lens

✴︎Productivity at Your Fingertips

Blends productivity and mobility

Letting users track tasks, check calendars, and access navigation with simple hand gestures.

Stay effortlessly connected, productive, and in control.

✧ Water Harvesting + Auto Charge Pad + Beanalyzer

✴︎Auto Charge Pad

Seamless car charging

Once the Jeep parks over the pad, inductive charging begins instantly, using smart alignment and secure energy transfer for fast, efficient charging every time.

Brew your adventure

Select beans straight from the farm and let the integrated machine brew and analyze them, revealing origin, flavor, and quality for a personalized coffee experience on the go.

✴︎Beanalyzer

✧ Virtual Controller: Tri-Mode Mobility System

✴︎Kinetic (Driver-Controlled)

Navigation

The ring and the controller light turn yellow once activated using the virtual controller.

User interface displays the navigation and allowing driver to manually drive the vehicle while following the map to the destination.

✴︎Autonomous (Smart-Cruise)

Entertainment

The intuitive UI lets users sit back and relax, effortlessly controlling music, adjusting settings, and enjoying the ride as the car navigates both on and off-road independently.

✴︎Potential (Park& Transform)

Cabin Rotation

Designed to help the vehicle navigate tight spaces more easily by rotating the cabin to adjust the driver's seating position.

Allows the driver to face sideways or even backwards, providing better visibility and control when maneuvering in narrow or cramped areas.

Coffee Detection

As the Jeep Razies cabin rotates, onboard sensors scan the coffee fields, and the UI reveals detailed insights on each bean, showing ripeness, moisture, and quality in real time for a seamless, immersive farming experience.

✧ Command Center

Designed for Jeep’s Tri-Mode System

✴︎Potential (Learning Lounge)

A museum-like atmosphere

Emphasizing environmental and agricultural practices to educate visitors or clients on sustainability, farming innovations, and coffee farming heritage.

✴︎Kinetic (Collab Lounge)

A dynamic collab space

Designed for hands-on activities, fostering interaction, teamwork, and decision-making among colleagues, farm entrepreneurs, and visitors.

✴︎Autonomous (Farm-Monitoring Station)

Automates & oversees with minimal input

Enabling autonomous monitoring, virtual connection with workers, and optimized efficiency through advanced technology.

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FINAL PRESENTATION

Copyright © 2025 Penny Asawadilockchai. All Rights Reserved.

Copyright © 2025 Penny Asawadilockchai. All Rights Reserved.

Copyright © 2025 Penny Asawadilockchai. All Rights Reserved.