Ghostwriter
Ghostwriter is an assisted journaling program that helps you explore your life and your future in story. Using natural language processing and a specially designed narrative engine, Ghostwriter contextually prompts you to co-author a story about topics you’re interested in examining.
UX RESEARCH
MOTION DESIGN
MOTION DESIGN
Isaac Jaeger - UX Research, Visual Design
UW Faculty - Audrey Desjardins, Michael Smith, Tyler Fox
UW Faculty - Audrey Desjardins, Michael Smith, Tyler Fox
We conducted primary & secondary research on storytelling; scouring the internet and interviewing friends, family, and faculty members. From that research we examined how story affects the world as we know it.
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We found that as humans rightfully prioritize immediate needs and lose sight of long term goals. Often laying the tracks for an unintended future.
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Through wizard of oz testing, and conversational prototyping we found that well composed questions can bring forth insights that people might overlook when considering their future.
What came forth was Ghostwriter—a personal narrative engine and decision making tool for imagining a better future for ourselves. We simplified the pseudo-AI to propose hypothetical events which elicited deeper reflections on personal narrative elements: the persons, places, and situations of our lives.
