Yeigo

Yeigo is an AR mobility tool for Snap Spectacles that gives users real-time guidance on walker height and safer walking posture, with support in English and Diné bizaad. We built it around a problem several of us had seen firsthand with family members: people are often given mobility aids with very little instruction, even though poor fit and posture can contribute to discomfort, instability, and falls. The system triangulates between a phone carried in the user’s pocket, the Spectacles, and the detected floor plane to estimate the correct walker height and flag behaviors like looking down or shuffling while walking.

I worked on product direction, interaction design, and clinical framing with Sam Jones, Akilah Martinez, Aya Umoh, and Sade Korbieh. Akilah grounded the project in Diné language and community, including the name Yeigo, meaning “keep going.” Built in 72 hours at MIT Reality Hack, the project won both the overall Gold Prize and the MIT Founders Lab Grand Prize.