Yurun Ouyang
Rūma
Industrial Design
2024
Rūma is an interactive digital toy designed for child, aimed to be the answer for childhood development in the future. With boundary defining generative technology, it offers immersive experience in a boundless self-generated digital world, full of opportunities. Generative Flow System, Generative Flow Director, and Narrative Generation Model, allows stories to unfold continuously, enabling children to interact with and shape their virtual environment. Assisted by Rumate, an AI-powered digital peer, children engage with the virtual world primarily through voice and touch. Discovery, exploration, intermission, continuation, Rūma learns, adapts, grows, and protects side by side with the child, together with the parents to ensure the educational values within this journey.This project aims to prepare children for the future by re-evaluating the importance of soft skills and creativity in early development, providing educational values in a fun, safe, and engaging manner.
“At Rūma, our mission is to revolutionize childhood development by providing an immersive, boundless digital world where children can freely explore, interact, and create. We believe that varied and unconstrained childhood experiences can more effectively prepare children for the future. Our goal is to equip the next generation with enduring skills and flexible thinking. Play today, lead tomorrow.”
