Overview
AgriCommand XR revolutionizes farming by integrating Mixed Reality and AI, transforming agricultural management into an interactive, data-driven experience. With a simple gesture or voice command, you deploy AI-powered machinery, direct workers, monitor weather patterns, and manage harvests.
Help farm managers to provide real-time visual insights into crop health, soil conditions, and pest activity, enabling precision agriculture and reducing waste.
Goal
Target
Owners, managers of family farms
Timeline
January 2024 - Now
Role
Product Design (User Research, User Interface Design), Creation Direction
Jack Mead
Christian Castellanos
Carrie Yin
Letian Yu
Team
AgriCommandXR
Helped farm managers to optimize the decisions: Harvest, Carbon, Weather, and communication. Users can see the real-time scenario of the farm with the modeling.
The problems small-scale farmers face daily:
“According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), small-scale farmers produce up to 80% of food in developing countries, yet their productivity is often hindered by inadequate access to information, financial services, and technology.”
“The USDA reported that 84.4% of American farms are small, displaying under $350,000 in gross cash farm income (GCFI). These businesses face challenges with bureaucratic compliance and certification processes and are particularly susceptible to climate events.”
Quantitative Surveys
Randomized surveys were conducted, focusing on small-scale farmers, primarily in rural areas. Results showed:
80%
of farmers expressed difficulties in tracking, documenting and managing their physical and financial assets.
60%
of small-scale growers mentioned the complexity of compliance and certification procedures, especially when pursuing organic credentials.
70%
of respondents voiced concerns about climate change and environmental hazards.
Over 57%
felt that their financial resilience is precariously linked with their crop selection and yield predictions.
Interview
"Keeping track of the equipment and labour spent on each piece of land is a relentless task. A tool that simplifies that process could be a game-changer."
"I've been trying to get my farm certified organic for a while. It's a long process with so many detailed steps, a guide or a checklist would be really helpful."
Problem Analysis
01
Asset Documentation: Many small-scale farmers lack efficient means to document and manage their farm assets.
03
Compliance and Certification: Navigating the steps to become organic or meet food safety standards can be daunting for small farmers.
02
Environmental and Climate Risks: Small farm businesses are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change and environmental risks.
04
Financial Resilience: The financial health of small farm businesses is closely tied to crop selection and yield predictions.
“How might we create a tool that addresses the challenges faced by small farm businesses and promote sustainable practices?”
Solutions
In order to enhance communication of the management, I made Apple Vision Pro interfaces provide instant insights to help adopt climate-resilient farming practices.
01
Weather Control Panel: Real-time data, 3D geometry models
02
Individual Worker Panels: Hover over the worker characters, a little profile photo, name, role/title etc. pop up
03
Tractor/Asset Control Panel: Provide harvest metrics and yield prediction
04
Multiplayer Menu: Communication system, mute mic function , leave comment, invite others, leave session
Outcome & Product Video
“Scalable utility, perfectly timed for market conditions, and you’ve done your homework on real people’s real problems .”
— Montserrat P., California FarmLink