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Straightening the flow of starting a flight
Starting a training flight meant clicking back and forth between scattered screens. I mapped the full procedure step by step and rebuilt it as one linear flow, in the order pilots actually do it.
All work
VRpilot, Aviation training
One clear path to the cockpit
VRpilot trains pilots at flight academies in virtual reality, while instructors oversee the learning process. Starting a training flight meant clicking back and forth through scattered, badly grouped screens. I restructured the app so pilots move through the full procedure in one clear flow.
The outcome
Starting a training flight procedure went from scattered back-and-forth clicks to one logical flow.
- 1 clear flow
- Implemented right away
- 1 month · 2021
- The product
- A VR flight-training app for pilots at flight academies.
- The challenge
- Pilots couldn’t tell which information belonged to which action, so starting a flight took scattered back-and-forth clicks.
- My role
- UX/UI Designer, from product audit to restructured flows, UI and design system.
- Role
- UX/UI Designer
- Team
- 1 UX/UI designer · 1 Unity developer · 4 stakeholders
- Duration
- 1 month · 2021
- Scope
- Product audit · Flows · UI redesign · Design system · Handoff
My ownership
- UX evaluation
- Information architecture
- User flows
- Interaction design
- UI for the VR view
- Design system
What I did
Key contributions
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Grouping information by the action it belongs to
Information was grouped so that pilots couldn’t tell what belonged to which action, or which button to press next. I reorganised content around the tasks pilots need to complete - the same information, but easier to find, read and act on.
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Designing for the VR view
Every screen was designed to mimic what the pilot sees in the headset, so layout, text size and hierarchy were judged against the VR view, not a desktop monitor.
04
Creating a more consistent product system
Colour, typography, spacing and component behaviour had drifted apart. I created a clearer visual language and reusable UI patterns, giving the product a stronger foundation for future development.
Trade-offs
Clean interface vs. technical detail
I worked with 1 Unity developer and 4 stakeholders, 2 of them pilot instructors, to prioritise the highest-impact issues within the development scope. The main trade-off was a cleaner interface versus the amount of technical information pilots still need visible at the same time.
Outcome
Deliverables
- Starting a flight went from scattered back-and-forth clicks to one logical flow
- Information grouped by the action it belongs to
- Screens designed and judged for the VR view
- Standardised recurring UI and interaction patterns
- A clearer visual language and design system
- Most of the work implemented right away
Alongside the app, I also refreshed parts of the VRpilot website and created brand elements such as icons and visual styles.
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- Location
- Denmark · Aarhus