Tranquil is a visionOS app built uniquely for Apple Vision Pro. It offers a unique, immersive study experience for students. Whether you want to study in the vastness outer space, the depths of the ocean, in the warmth of a sunset, or an empty lecture hall, Tranquil is designed to help students remain distraction free whilst studying.

create a visionOS app, an entirely new platform, that aims to accomodate common distractions and disruptions students face when preparing for exams?

In addition to our online survey, we conducted a series of over the phone interviews where we asked volunteered participants specific questions regarding study habits, existing educational platforms, and ways in which they see virtual studying coming to life. Our findings suggested that while there are many existing applications and platforms commonly used by students to study, they still lack in niche areas (i.e., failure to reduce external distraction and noise, general ease of use, advertisements).

Offering a unique, distraction free space, Tranquil brings the lecture hall to you (and outer space, a sunset, and the deep ocean). Study your flashcards without having to worry about someone walking by or having notification alerts left and right. Find your study groove through effortless, immersive studying.

When we first began to think about how we wanted to design Tranquil, we needed to understand the fundamentals of Apple Vision Pro and particularly Spatial Computing - the seamless blending of one's physical world with digital content. Apple's Human Interface Guidelines (HIG) allowed us to grasp the nuances of visionOS compared to other platforms like iOS where some of us had prior experience.

Initially, our designs of Tranquil didn't align with the HIG. In Tranquil 1.0, however, we adapted our design to meet the requirements / recommendations from the HIG in order to allow for an immersive experience that is of high quality, and most importantly safe, for users. The transparent windows allow for users to remain aware of their surroundings without disrupting the content they are viewing.

The HIG highlights that with Apple Vision Pro, people will primarily use their eyes to navigate and gestures, such as pinching of the fingers, to select. For the act of studying flashcards, we wanted the experience for students to be as fluid and intuitive as it is when studying flashcards in the physical world.

Students need as much energy as possible when enduring the taxing act of studying. Therefore, Tranquil allows students to study anywhere they are and without moving their arms. Flipping flashcards is as simple as glancing at a flashcard of interest and tapping the index finger and thumb together.

As the design lead and sole engineer for Team Tranquil, I was in charge of the app's design, features, and functionality. This required me to quickly master visionOS, ensuring our app, Tranquil, was ready for its Alpha, Beta, and 1.0 presentations. I consistently updated our team on the app's progress, which was crucial for marketing strategy development.

Additionally, I played a key role in crafting our presentation decks, leveraging Keynote's stunning transitions and unique features to reflect our app's quality. Due to the final project deadline not aligning with the release of Apple Vision Pro and the visionOS App Store, I created mockups in Figma to envision Tranquil in the future store, drawing inspiration from iPadOS, which I observed to have many design consistencies with visionOS, and utilizing Apple's visionOS Figma Design Resources.