HAL9000 | Winner Project in Google Watch Face Hackathon

One Day Challenge, Smart Wearable Devices, UI/UX, Motion Design
Client
Google
Role
Group Leader, UI/UX Designer, Motion Designer
Time
Sept 21, 2018
Result
Our group won the Overall Winner Prize and the watch face is now on the App Store with 121 paid purchases.

Overview

This watch face won the Overall Winner in the Watch face hackathon event of Wear OS Watch dial design held by Goole (Shanghai) on September 21, 2018. It was jointly designed and developed by Wayne, a developer of Google, and students from Tongji University and East China University of Science and Technology. The watch face is now available to download on the Mobile Store and Huawei App Store.

Inspiration

The inspiration for the watch face is from the 1968 classic sci-fi film 2001: A Space Odyssey.

In the film, there is a spacecraft that can produce gravity by rotation, so that astronauts can run around the spaceship.

Movie 2001: A Space Odyssey

Ideation

The astronaut in the dial has different performances according to the movement state of the wearer.

Design & Animation

The watch face is now available to download on Mobile Store and Huawei App store.

Award-winning group

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