https://vkurbatov.com/journal/Volodymyr Kurbatov designs and builds AR, VR, and digital products. Explore hands-on prototypes, product design case studies, and writing.enhttps://vkurbatov.com/articles/gaze-for-contextual-interactions/https://vkurbatov.com/articles/gaze-for-contextual-interactions/I have always been fascinated by the idea of using gaze to improve human-computer interactions.Wed, 26 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://vkurbatov.com/articles/how-i-used-midjourney-ai-to-design-my-ducati-scrambler/https://vkurbatov.com/articles/how-i-used-midjourney-ai-to-design-my-ducati-scrambler/I plan to work on my Ducati Scrambler this winter to avoid screens. But before, I decided to play with AI to help me imagine what I wanted to build. And it blew my mind…Sat, 12 Nov 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://vkurbatov.com/articles/smart-glasses-etiquette/https://vkurbatov.com/articles/smart-glasses-etiquette/9 etiquette rules for wearing smart AR glasses before it's too late…Mon, 01 Nov 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://vkurbatov.com/articles/getting-into-xr-as-designer/https://vkurbatov.com/articles/getting-into-xr-as-designer/I write what skills might be useful for you in pursuing an XR career.Sat, 10 Apr 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://vkurbatov.com/articles/review-of-the-book-brave-nui-world/https://vkurbatov.com/articles/review-of-the-book-brave-nui-world/My short review of the book Brave NUI World by Daniel Wigdor and Dennis Wixon.Mon, 08 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://vkurbatov.com/articles/from-prototype-to-vr-app/https://vkurbatov.com/articles/from-prototype-to-vr-app/Today I want to tell you a story of how I decided on, developed and released my first VR experience. I have to admit it’s a basic app, but I learned quite a lot.Wed, 27 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://vkurbatov.com/articles/why-architects-are-the-best-xr-designers/https://vkurbatov.com/articles/why-architects-are-the-best-xr-designers/Architects have many not obvious, but quite useful skills for XR design.Wed, 02 Dec 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://vkurbatov.com/articles/immersive-design-in-real-life/https://vkurbatov.com/articles/immersive-design-in-real-life/Here are my takeaways on how working on AR, MR, or VR concepts differs from real products.Wed, 21 Oct 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://vkurbatov.com/articles/interactions-for-vr-music-instruments/https://vkurbatov.com/articles/interactions-for-vr-music-instruments/First, I have to admit that I do have a basic understanding of music theory. I finished a seven-year piano course. Also, I’ve handled guitars and the ukulele but never plMon, 01 Jun 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://vkurbatov.com/articles/mr-perfect-quarantine-shelter/https://vkurbatov.com/articles/mr-perfect-quarantine-shelter/Designing a perfect quarantine shelter is not an easy task. We had to leverage all basic principles of architecture, interior design, materials and new technologies. But only by placing the house into an imaginative ideal natural environment made the concept fully complete.Mon, 25 May 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://vkurbatov.com/articles/how-to-make-mr-concept-video/https://vkurbatov.com/articles/how-to-make-mr-concept-video/Step by step review of how I'm doing my MR conceptsThu, 16 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://vkurbatov.com/articles/tips-to-start-working-remotely/https://vkurbatov.com/articles/tips-to-start-working-remotely/I consider working efficiently remotely as a skill that can be acquired. So, here is a list of recommendations that will help you not only make this transition less painful but may allow you to understand better advantages of remote work and maybe even enjoy it a little bit. 😄Sat, 07 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://vkurbatov.com/articles/templates-for-ar-vr-sketches/https://vkurbatov.com/articles/templates-for-ar-vr-sketches/Many templates to help you sketching AR and VR designs.Mon, 20 Aug 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://vkurbatov.com/articles/easy-way-to-make-360-vr-designs/https://vkurbatov.com/articles/easy-way-to-make-360-vr-designs/You will need only an equirectangular grid and any image editing software like PhotoshopTue, 24 Jul 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://vkurbatov.com/articles/repeating-of-history-and-what-does-it-mean-for-ar-vr-designers/https://vkurbatov.com/articles/repeating-of-history-and-what-does-it-mean-for-ar-vr-designers/Marketers are selling to us tablets with a stylus when we need an iPhoneWed, 16 May 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://vkurbatov.com/articles/place-ui-kit-the-future-of-augmented-reality-mobile-apps/https://vkurbatov.com/articles/place-ui-kit-the-future-of-augmented-reality-mobile-apps/Place UI Kit helps creating user-friendly ARKit mobile app. It covers a wide range of cases that you would need: catalogues, lists, maps, tips and all types of camera views for every stage of AR experience as scanning, placing, and interacting.Mon, 12 Feb 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://vkurbatov.com/articles/onboarding-in-augmented-reality-mobile-application/https://vkurbatov.com/articles/onboarding-in-augmented-reality-mobile-application/Cases study of all ARKit apps on App Store. Almost all.Mon, 11 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://vkurbatov.com/articles/using-bots-in-virtual-reality/https://vkurbatov.com/articles/using-bots-in-virtual-reality/What if leverage step by step approach like in chatbots for virtual reality?Mon, 04 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://vkurbatov.com/articles/why-your-next-phone-should-have-two-cameras-for-mr/https://vkurbatov.com/articles/why-your-next-phone-should-have-two-cameras-for-mr/Already outdated view on hardware for mixed realityMon, 27 Nov 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://vkurbatov.com/articles/10-rules-of-using-fonts-in-virtual-reality/https://vkurbatov.com/articles/10-rules-of-using-fonts-in-virtual-reality/On a desktop, a text is the most significant part of the content. As you know, content is a king. But let's be honest, fonts are not designed to live in 3-dimensional space.Wed, 22 Nov 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://vkurbatov.com/articles/from-weekend-ar-demo-to-release-on-producthunt/https://vkurbatov.com/articles/from-weekend-ar-demo-to-release-on-producthunt/A relatively short story about my AR application for learning calligraphyTue, 14 Nov 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://vkurbatov.com/articles/human-factor-in-virtual-reality-data-visualization/https://vkurbatov.com/articles/human-factor-in-virtual-reality-data-visualization/I can’t say that data visualization in VR is better than in 2d. It isn’t worse, either. It’s just different. It definitely makes sense to use VR in cases when values can be shown in objects from real life.Sun, 05 Nov 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://vkurbatov.com/articles/vr-and-ar-solutions-for-e-commerce/https://vkurbatov.com/articles/vr-and-ar-solutions-for-e-commerce/List of AR and VR solutions for e-commerce.Mon, 23 Oct 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://vkurbatov.com/articles/from-zero-to-vr-design-hero/https://vkurbatov.com/articles/from-zero-to-vr-design-hero/When VR started becoming “the thing” I had a lot of ideas, but no clue how to start. Lack of code skills made this idea simply unreal. But every day the VR community attrWed, 28 Jun 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://vkurbatov.com/articles/stop-killing-virtual-reality/https://vkurbatov.com/articles/stop-killing-virtual-reality/Please stop calling everything that was developed for virtual reality “experience”. Let’s call it an application, program, game, whatever you want, but please not experience.Sun, 30 Apr 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://vkurbatov.com/articles/draw-sketches-for-virtual-reality-like-a-pro/https://vkurbatov.com/articles/draw-sketches-for-virtual-reality-like-a-pro/A short tutorial on how to view sketches on paper in virtual realityWed, 18 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://vkurbatov.com/articles/how-to-pick-up-right-type-of-data-visualisation/https://vkurbatov.com/articles/how-to-pick-up-right-type-of-data-visualisation/Some tricks and materials that can help you with a next data viz projectFri, 30 Dec 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://vkurbatov.com/articles/how-ai-will-take-designers-job-and-make-the-web-more-personalized/https://vkurbatov.com/articles/how-ai-will-take-designers-job-and-make-the-web-more-personalized/Thoughts about algorithmic design in webFri, 16 Dec 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://vkurbatov.com/articles/prototyping-experiments-in-real-world/https://vkurbatov.com/articles/prototyping-experiments-in-real-world/Clear separation by components and idea that virtual things feel and look like real, in Google Material, motivated me to create some tool for prototyping using UI elements like LEGO.Wed, 14 Sep 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://vkurbatov.com/articles/how-i-figured-out-what-kind-of-shots-are-more-viral-on-dribbble/https://vkurbatov.com/articles/how-i-figured-out-what-kind-of-shots-are-more-viral-on-dribbble/Recently I collected a lot of new projects to post on Dribbble and decided to clean up a little bit my portfolio. But at first, I had to do research to be sure in my decisions.Sat, 06 Aug 2016 00:00:00 GMT