03 / Urban mobility · Fictional concept
Rove.
Project overview
2026Rove is a fictional mobile experience for navigating unfamiliar cities without staring at a map. It pairs glanceable directions with small contextual cues that help a route feel understandable.
Technology used
- React
- TypeScript
- Motion
- Map concepts
- SVG
Main project view
Urban mobility · Fictional concept / 2026
- Category 01
- Urban mobility · Fictional concept
- Year 02
- 2026
- Role 03
- Mobile product design, motion language, and prototype engineering · Concept role
- Stack 04
- React · TypeScript · Motion · Map concepts · SVG
The problem
Conventional navigation optimizes for arrival but can make the journey feel opaque. The concept explores how orientation, accessibility preferences, and live changes might be communicated without increasing cognitive load.
The approach
The sample flow prioritizes one decision at a time, preserves a persistent sense of direction, and turns disruptions into clear alternatives. Route cards explain the trade-off between speed, walking, transfers, and step-free access.
Visual system
Scroll-driven project gallery
High-contrast citrus, deep plum, compact route glyphs, and cropped street labels build an energetic mobile identity. Transitions follow the direction of travel so motion remains useful rather than decorative.
Scroll down. The visuals move left while the work in the center comes into focus.
01/03
01 / Glanceable guidance
Concept visual
02 / Route choices
Concept visual
GOING
03 / Movement language
Concept visual
Concept outcome
The concept produces a mobile prototype spanning discovery, active guidance, and arrival. The outcomes shown here are design hypotheses intended for later testing and do not represent live usage data.
Illustrative concept measures
The values below are concept targets and do not represent live product analytics.
1 glance
01Concept target for understanding the next route action
An aspirational interaction principle, not a result from a real-world navigation study.
3 modes
02Concept route comparison model
A feature count in the fictional prototype, not evidence of product performance.