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Galleries // 2025 Spark:Spring Student // Bopy
Bopy
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Competition: Spark:Spring Student
Designer: Minchae Kim - Bopy
Design Type: Concept, Web, UX, UI, IXO, HCII, Nonverbal Communication, Pet-Human Relationship, Human-Pet Interaction, IoT
Company / Organization / School: Samsung Design Membership
BOPY offers a new training experience that deepens the emotional bond between pets and their guardians. While pets express emotions through nonverbal signals—like heart rate, movement, and vocal tone—guardians often struggle to interpret them accurately, leading to communication gaps and training challenges. BOPY connects a smart collar worn by the pet and a smartwatch worn by the guardian via IoT, capturing biometric data, gestures, and reactions in real time. Dual front and rear cameras analyze expressions and behaviors, while AI interprets emotional states such as “understood,” “confused,” or “not understood.” Training begins with a hand gesture and is supported by speech bubble animations that reflect tone and motion quality. Key gestures can be learned through visual tutorials, and mobile feedback allows detailed review with experts. Each session ends with a report summarizing vocal accuracy, repetition, and focus time, helping guardians track progress and stay motivated. In addition, users can share and receive practical tips from guardians of the same breed, fostering a community-based learning environment. BOPY transforms pet education from command-based training to a mutual understanding journey—setting a new standard for compassionate, everyday communication.
