I had the privilege of taking a course about emerging technologies taught by the CEO of Blue Sky Robotics, Steven King. For our final project, we were allowed to create anything that was relevant to the topics discussed in the course. My team was interested in both AI legislation and XR/VR experiences– so why not have the best of both worlds and combine the two?
How might we use an immersive site to catalog an AI law library for educating the general public to make AI less daunting?
To begin our process, the team and I began brainstorming by envisioning how different users would use our product. From aliens to mothers to professors, we wrote out how these users would feel and think while using it. This helped us get into their mindset and understand how to better design the product for our particular user base.
After writing out our ideas, we solidified the direction we wanted to take our project towards. We would create a website to advertise our product, showcase its capabilities, and prove its utility for our users.
As the one with the most experience building websites, I took on the role of Lead Web Developer. We studied product pages of companies we admired such as the Meta Quest page. We noted what elements we thought worked or didn't work for the product: for example, we enjoyed how the pertinent information was focused on one page but found some of the header videos to be overwhelming.
Once we took these notes, I drafted a quick wireframe to showcase a potential layout for our product:
Now that we had a rough idea of the basic components for the product site, we needed to flesh out the branding details. Our product and hypothetical company needed a name, which was unfortunately the hardest part. Our solution? Consult AI.
We used ChatGPT to brainstorm potential company and product names before landing on our favorites. Our product would be named Veritas VR, veritas being latin for "truth", and our company name would be Lexisphere. You can see our conversation script here.
"Imagine a world where understanding complex AI laws and emerging technologies isn’t daunting—it’s empowering. What if the law wasn’t just for lawyers, but accessible to everyone through the power of immersive technology? Welcome to Veritas VR."
I refined our branding by selecting a handful of colors and fonts, eventually creating a high-fidelity mockup:
Soon enough, it was development time: I would be responsible for designing the website, while my team would be conducting the necessary research and creating the required instructional content. My team member, Cass, is an aspiring lawyer currently studying for the LSATs, so she was proficient at researching relevant AI cases that would be needed for this project. Our other member, Patty, is an Instructional Design major with an interest in digital education. In a way, we were perfect for the job!
At the end of our journey, we had created a fully functional, live website, complete with shopping cart demoware and an interactive quiz to showcase Veritas VR.
Working on this project has demonstrated the potential of emerging technologies in the tech market. The more we worked on Veritas VR, the more we realized its potential market value and how useful it would be for not just lawyers or law students, but also for high-level executives at tech companies.
As technology continues to change, the importance of legislation that adapts to it only grows stronger. We aim to make Veritas VR into a real product that can be utilized in both educational and professional settings to help everyday individuals understand the legal impact of various technologies.
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