Bring Home
The Right Companion
A concept reimagining the pet adoption experience through AI and AR — using emerging tech to match people with pets that suit their lifestyle, and to explore how product design can guide real-world decisions and emotional connection.
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Pet Adoption
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AI
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Mixed Reality
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VR
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Concept
Product Feature
Immersive lifestyle questionnaire
Feature description:
What better place to understand your lifestyle than first hand at your home. This immersive questionnaire collects information about the user based on their lifestyle and living space.
Product Feature
Experience the pets in your living space
Feature description:
Augmented reality takes you deeper showing you what it's really like for you to care for an animal in your space allowing you to discover which pets best fit into your lifestyle and environment.
A New Era in Pet Adoption: Modern Solutions for Finding the Perfect Companion
Matching people with pets that suit their lifestyle is a common goal for shelters. However, whether adopting from a shelter or choosing a pet as a baby, many people face problems when their choice doesn’t truly align with their lifestyle.
In essence, a ‘try before you commit’ approach allows users to truly understand what they’re getting into. While it’s impossible to do this with real animals without causing them harm, advanced augmented reality (AR) and spatial computing offer a solution. This technology enables potential pet owners to virtually interact with different pets in their own living spaces, helping them make a more thoughtful and compassionate choice.
Why design this concept for Apple Vision Pro?
Apple creates devices that most people use every day and by providing a more realistic experience,Apple Vision Pro—with its spatial awareness features—allows for a personalised experience by incorporating the user’s actual home space to show what life with a pet would really look like for them.
Vision pro offers a more formal positioning as this is a sensitive topic and not a game. A virtual reality may lack seriousness and risk sending the wrong message.
While individuals will ultimately choose whatever pet they want, this application takes a step in the right direction by encouraging responsible adoption. It helps prospective pet owners choose animals that truly fit their lifestyle, rather than adopting one that may suffer when forced into an unsuitable environment.