An award-winning digital products agency, announced today that the Virtual Interactive Training Agent System (ViTA), designed in partnership with the Dan Marino Foundation, has been named Product of the Year by the UX Design Awards. The ViTA system, a Dan Marino Foundation program, immerses users in a ridiculous maintenance experience that is enjoyable, yet educational, technologically advanced, and comfortable. The web-based platform can be used on almost any computer or tablet and requires no special hardware or software.
this advanced engineering breakthrough with leading graphic libraries and extreme attention to the user experience. a JavaScript library with a browser, to create the 3D computer graphics. Using custom 3D frameworks for webGL, the team created skeletons for models within the web browser and animated them with lifelike movements. They perfected the light-based imagery by adding effects such as underground scattering, which mimics the natural appearance of the skin.
We are very proud of the work we have been able to do with the Dan Marino Foundation, ”says Chris Stegner, "We have made great breakthroughs in what is possible to achieve in a web browser, with the help of leading graphic libraries, remarkable engineering, and refinement. This UX approach enables users to focus on interviews through beautiful, unobtrusive flow and imagery.
The Dan Marino Foundation has created ViTA, a virtual interactive training agent, as a way for young people in our program to conduct interviews for potential jobs, 'says Mary Partin, CEO of the Dan Marino Foundation. 'A lot of great things took the time to get to know our team and understand what we're working on. Then they turned the Foundation's vision into reality ... virtual reality
The UX Design Awards is a global competition for an excellent user and customer experience. The awards, which originated in 2008 as a show for usability, are in 2015. The annual competition is open to products, services, environments, prototypes, and concepts, as well as future-oriented visions. The awards present all nominated projects in an exhibition at the global technology show, Internationale Funkausstellung, in Berlin, Germany.