Mythos

Service Design, UX & UI Design, Strategic Foresight, Speculative Design


Created between September 2023 and April 2024 as my fourth-year Thesis project, and exhibited as a finalist at ACIDO Rocket 2024, Mythos is a service which combines multiple generative artificial intelligence tools and the latest capabilities of virtual reality technology in order to allow users to create, explore, analyze, annotate, and share their dreams as immersive virtual reality experiences.


The purpose of this project was to explore the untapped potential of these emerging technologies and design an unprecedented experience for the near future, while also tailoring it for an existing organization.


*Not officially associated with Meta*


View the full Mythos Process Book here

Mythos allows users to revisit their dreams while fully conscious and experience them with their rational faculties, enabling them to better understand and gain insights from their unconscious mind.

Following the user’s creation of their dream, a custom GPT companion, continually trained by each new dream the user inputs, annotates the virtual reality dream and gently nudges the user to recognize recurring elements such as characters, symbolism, themes, and conversations.

As the user inputs more of their dreams into Mythos, the tapestry of their personal myth grows, and more insight can be gained from the connections made between dreams.

Pitch Video

Function Demonstration Video

Virtual Reality User Interface

Created to merge with the design language of the current Meta Quest user interface

Main menu of Mythos

The user is prompted to describe their dream (to the Large Action Model)

This dream information is also fed to the user's Companion, which will be with them throughout the process and experience of Mythos

Dream browsing page

In addition to seeing the dreams that other users have chosen to share, the user is also presented with the option to form a party for a multiplayer session

First-person point of view of a user playing through their created virtual reality dream

Their Companion is offering a point of insight

First-person point of view of a user playing through their created virtual reality dream

Another Mythos user has left a comment with their own interpretation of the user's dream

First-person point of view of a user playing through a virtual reality dream with a friend

Their friend's username is displayed above their avatar's head, with a speaker icon indicating that they are speaking through voice chat

Experience Definition

Technology Description

Process

Experiments with existing generative artificial intelligence tools

Perceptual maps showing Mythos compared to its competitors

Mythos Business Model Canvas

Using Format