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ERGO-CARE

2020.9.12-2020.12.19

14 weeks project 

Are you suffering from neck pain because of long-time on-screen work?
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Introduction
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Do you want to have a painless working way?
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A VR headset to help my users to rehab their necks by introducing a different working style.

ERGO-CARE
VR Neck Support
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Target User

Students and Office Workers

- Aged from 20 to 40 years 

- Have neck problems

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Trend

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Inevitable long-time digital working 

59 percent of cervical spondylosis in young and adults aged 20~40 years

95 persent of white-collar workers that have shoulder and neck problems, due to long-term desk work.

User Interviews

Trista Pei

(24, Film Student)

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Kai Zhang

(30, Social Psychologist)

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Lucy Wang

(20, Economic Student)

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Working environment

Office, Home

Library, Home

Studio, Dormitory

Degree of Injury

Need Massage

1 time/week

Once lack oxygen

Only have acceptable pain now

Frequent exercise can release the pain

Cause of Neck Injury

Looking down at the cell phone for a long time

Using the same posture for a long time.

Looking at the screen with an unhealthy posture

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Interviews

​Design Criteria 

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Portable

Light Weight

Suitable for long-time use 

comfortable to wear

Automatically pop-up System, Easy to set up, Simple operation 

Easy to use

Help users move heads 

Expert Interview

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Tips about Neck and Shoulder Problem Rehab:

Release pain temporarily

  • Knead and press Fengchi point

  • Slowly tilt the head back and forth

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Name: Hua Zhu
Age: 36
Profession: Chinese traditional therapist

Recovery completely

  • Change the living and working habit

  • Doing exercise

Office VR Ideation

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Why VR?

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1. Use with different postures

2. Move neck frequently during the VR split-screen working

3. Cloud working development makes working with VR possible

Why Massage Pad?

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The users have already had a neck problem, so they need a massage pad to release the pain as the auxiliary of changing the working habit. 

Ideation

Form Study

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Mockup and User Feedback

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Massage Pad Material

Wearing Method

Easy to mess up users‘ hair

Hard: uncomfortable when they lean back.

Soft: cannot effectively alleviate neck pain

Strap

Need an adjustable strap to fit users’ head size.

Final Product
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Final Product Sketch

  • Wearing Method

overlap structure to make it easy to put on.

  • Massage Pad Material

The hard plastic is used to contain the massager. And the lower part is a bendable heating sheet. This way, it can fit different neck sizes, and can also support users’ head motion. Furthermore, the entire sheet is surrounded by soft fabric to be comfortable for a long time wearing.

  • Strap

The strap is a rubber band inside the soft fabric, so it can fit different head sizes.

Product Function Introduction
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Product Function Introduction

Interactive Function Introduction
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Interactive Function Introduction

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Material and Colorways Mood Board

- Matt Plastic

- Fabric

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Tech Drawing

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CMF

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6 Color Options

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