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Carl Zeiss · 2020 · innovation.rocks · iF Design Award

Room-filling precision machines, carried in a tablet.

Multi-tonne metrology machines at true 1:1 scale in a tablet, functions animated — B2B sales where hardware can't travel.

ClientCarl Zeiss
RoleHead of Design
DisciplineAR / spatial UX
ScopeConcept → shipped
Zeiss AR Metrology — coordinate-measuring machine shown at 1:1 next to a person for scale
Fig. 00 — Zeiss AR Metrology. (Real project image.)
01 — The brief

Room-filling precision machines, carried in a tablet.

ProblemMetrology machines are huge and costly to move; even big stands can't hold the range.
ConstraintsTrue 1:1 scale · B2B tone: precision, trust · animated functions · presented in the field.
My workAR UX · restrained UI · scale cues · functional motion.
DecisionRestrained interface, accurate scale, measured animation; reads as an instrument, not an ad.
02 — See it

The work, in motion.

Official project film. Source: Vimeo.
03 — The key decision

Restraint as the decision — it reads as engineering, not an ad.

Zeiss coordinate-measuring machine placed in AR, with a restrained instrument-like interface
Placed at 1:1, interface kept quiet and instrument-like so it reads as engineering, not an ad.
04 — Outcome

What it achieved.

Results

iF Design
Award — 2021
1:1 scale
Full machine range