Gather
Route.

Gather Route.

Gather
Route.

What if planning a trip could feel like the journey itself? An AR-enabled travel planning experience designed for collaborative, multi-generational decision-making.

AR Interaction Design

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Spatial UX

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User Research

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Prototyping

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System Thinking

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Collaborative Design

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Future Interface Design

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Scope

AR Experience Design

Role

UX/UI & Interaction Designer (Team)

Duration

14 weeks

Year

2025

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Problem

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Problem

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Problem

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The Challenge of Group Travel Planning

The Challenge of Group Travel Planning

Group travel planning often happens across disconnected apps, messages, and devices, making collaboration fragmented and overwhelming—especially for multi-generational groups with different comfort levels with technology.

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The Goal

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The Goal

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The Goal

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To turn travel planning into a shared, interactive experience that sparks anticipation and connection.

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Design Rationale

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Design Rationale

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Design Rationale

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Why AR for Group Planning

Why AR for Group Planning

AR allows travel information to live directly on a shared physical map, preserving the clarity of 2D data while enabling spatial interaction. This approach supports collaboration, shared understanding, and inclusive planning—especially for multi-generational groups.

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Solution

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Solution

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Solution

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A Shared, Spatial Planning Experience

A Shared, Spatial Planning Experience

Gather Route introduces a physical map as a shared anchor while using AR to layer in interactive travel data. Users explore destinations together, bookmark places, compare options, and make decisions through gestures and shared visibility—combining the clarity of 2D information with the engagement of spatial interaction.

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Interaction Flow

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Interaction Flow

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Interaction Flow

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How It Works

How It Works

Gather Route uses a physical map as a shared reference point while AR overlays provide interactive travel information. Users explore destinations together, reveal contextual data through gestures, bookmark places of interest, and compare options in real time. Shared visibility allows groups to discuss, align, and make decisions collaboratively, combining the clarity of 2D information with the engagement of spatial interaction.

Explore Together

Explore Together

AR overlays reveal destinations, filters, and contextual travel data on a shared physical map

AR overlays reveal destinations, filters, and contextual travel data on a shared physical map

Bookmark & Compare

Bookmark & Compare

Users save places and see group preferences in real time

Users save places and see group preferences in real time

Collaborate & Decide

Users align on a destination and reveal matching Airbnb options directly from their shared selections.

Collaborate & Decide

Users align on a destination and reveal matching Airbnb options directly from their shared selections.

Plan with Confidence

The system translates shared choices into a clear, actionable itinerary.

Plan with Confidence

The system translates shared choices into a clear, actionable itinerary.

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Why It Matters

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Why It Matters

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Why It Matters

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Implications for Future Travel Planning

Implications for Future Travel Planning

By blending physical and digital interaction, Gather Route makes travel planning more inclusive, intuitive, and human—supporting collaboration across generations while reducing cognitive overload.

Designing moments that bridge the digital and physical, where technology feels human and imagination feels real.

I’d love to connect and create something meaningful together.

Yuna Kim © 2025 All rights reserved

Designing moments that bridge the digital and physical, where technology feels human and imagination feels real.

I’d love to connect and create something meaningful together.

Yuna Kim © 2025 All rights reserved

Designing moments that bridge the digital and physical, where technology feels human and imagination feels real.

I’d love to connect and create something meaningful together.

Yuna Kim © 2025 All rights reserved