VogethR

OVERVIEW
Welcome to VogetheR! We connect VR arcades to VR gamers. It features a seamless booking system and a robust messaging service, allowing users searching, finding, and booking the perfect space for every occasion. Whether you're a player looking to get in a game or an organizer hosting a meetup, we'll play Vogether!
ROLE
UI/UX Designer
BACKGROUND
With the rise of VR games, VR arcades are now becoming a thing.
INSPIRATION
Opentable
PROBLEM
SOLUTION
I design this app that focuses on the booking system and games event. An easy - to - use book workflow is really helpful. Also, the needs of getting the information of VR arcades around gamers can be met.
USER ANALYSIS
Do you think you would play VR games, if you can afford a VR set, a pc and the other equipment?
How do you book a VR arcade?
What frustrates you about VR games experience?
TARGET AUDIENCE
After I did the reasearch, I defined 3 groups of target audience.
Age: 16-35
Gender: Male / Female
Role: Game lover

We’re interested in VR games. We always looking for some really cool VR arcades to have fun with friends.
Age: 20-28
Gender: Male / Female
Role: High - level player

We’re the expert level VR players. We’re suckers for all the events about the games we like. We want to join the events and meet more players like us.
Age: 16-25
Gender: Male / Female
Role: Event creator

We’re fans of multiplayer games. It’s always satisfying that we can have enough group members to play together.
PERSONAS
After I defined the target audiencets, I made 3 personas.
Will Loving
22
Graduated Student
Berkeley, California
Bio
Will is a graduate student living in a dorm with another two roomates. He really wants to play VR games, but his room is too cramped and rigs are too expensive for him or his friends to afford.
Goals
Finding a VR center to play games with friends
Frustrations
  • VR set is expensive to afford
  • Limit living space
Summer Hall
23
Sales
San Francisco, California
Bio
Summer loves Beat Saber and she nails the high scores. Beat Saber is a competitive rhythm game and she wants to play with others at her level in person
Goals
Looking for other gamers to compete with in person
Frustrations
Hard to find other gamers in her life
Natasha Kasim
25
Graphic Designer
San Francisco, California
Bio
Natasha prefers multiplayer games. She believes the best aspect of VR is sharing the experience with friends and other gamers.
Goals
Try to create an event for a game which is requested multiplayers
Frustrations
Hard to find enough gamers to play group VR game
STORYBOARD
I then took my main persona, Will, and created a storyboard to potray how Will would book a VR arcade via this app through 5 or 6 different stages.
INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE
SKETCHES
I first started with very prelliminary sketches to show how I envisioned vogether to be like. The below hand sketches show the four main screens ans also the "create an event" task flow.
WIREFRAMES
Based on the needs of target audiencedes, I designed the user flows with low-fidelity wireframes.
Will wants to book a VR arcade for a party of 4
1 - 1
Homepage
1 - 2
Choose Date
1 - 3
Click Go
1 - 4
Get Info
1 - 5
Choose Time
1 - 6
Type Info
1 - 7
Type Info
1 - 8
Compelete
Summer is trying to find a beat saber event on VogetheR
2 - 1 Go Activities
2 - 2 Choose One
2 - 3 Filter
2 - 4 Confirm
2 - 5 Confirm Event
2 - 6 Going
2 - 7 Choose Guest
2 - 8 Complete
Natasha wants to create an event on VogetheR
3 - 1 Go Profile
3 - 2 Create event
3 - 3 Type Info
3 - 4 Type Info
3 - 5 Release
USER TESTING
I ran a user testing to see if the low-fidelity wireframes work for users
Result
  • no specific button leading the testers to the next step on home page
  • Testers hope to see address of the arcade on confirm page
  • The call option on confirm page is abrupt
Fix
  • Add a go button on homepage
  • Put the address on confirm page
  • Arrenge the call option with the address
Result
  • Users also tend to use search bar to look for the event they want to go.
  • Testers need the info of the venue on the event info page.
  • Liked option wanted on the page of the event.
Fix
  • Add a pop up screen for the arcade info on event page.
  • Add liked icon on event page.
Result
  • Some testers prefer to create the event on the arcade info page instead of typing in the name of the arcade on the other single page.
  • Add to my calendar option on the created event page
Fix
  • Add a “Create an event” option on arcade info page
FINAL DESIGN
Link to Prototype
BRANDING
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