EmpaSee
Lingjie Guo · Woodland Hills - United States
Category Winner 2026

Overview
EmpaSee is a digital empathy training system designed to help people understand perspectives they do not naturally hold. It is built on the idea that most conflict comes from misunderstanding rather than bad intent. People often act with one intention but create a different emotional impact. These gaps are rarely visible and are hard to examine without structure.
The product presents everyday situations such as workplace feedback, family tension, authority dynamics, and personal disagreements. Each situation is shown through multiple parallel perspectives. Users can switch between roles to see how the same moment is interpreted differently. Thoughts, assumptions, emotional reactions, and perceived intent are separated and clearly labeled. This makes hidden differences explicit.
EmpaSee does not tell users what is right or wrong. It avoids moral judgment, scoring, or gamification. There are no rewards, rankings, or personality labels. This reduces defensiveness and keeps attention on understanding rather than performance. The goal is not to resolve a single conflict but to build a repeatable way of thinking.
Over time, users begin to recognize patterns. They learn how mismatches between intent and impact form. They see how tone, context, power, and expectation change meaning. These patterns transfer across situations, which allows users to adjust behavior earlier and with less emotional cost.
AI is used to adapt scenarios and reflection prompts based on user responses. This keeps the experience relevant across roles, industries, and cultural contexts. AR can be used to add spatial context when useful, such as showing physical distance or environmental pressure, but it is not required for the core experience.
The interface design is restrained and analytical. Layouts are structured to support comparison. Visuals are neutral to avoid emotional bias. Motion is minimal and functional. Typography is clear and readable. Every design choice supports cognitive clarity and slow reflection. EmpaSee treats empathy as a learnable cognitive skill rather than a personality trait. It shifts empathy tools away from emotional persuasion and toward perspective mechanics. This makes empathy training measurable, scalable, and practical.
The product has applications in workplaces, education, coaching, and personal development. For organizations, it offers a way to reduce conflict, improve communication, and build shared understanding without relying on lectures or facilitation. For individuals, it supports clearer thinking in complex social situations. EmpaSee proposes a future where understanding others is not left to intuition. It is practiced through structure, repetition, and clarity.
- Studio
- Lingjie Guo
- Location
- Woodland Hills - United States
- Edition
- 2026
- Discipline
- Graphic Design
- Category
- Web Design
Project credits
- Lead Designer
- Lingjie Guo
- Photography
- Lingjie Guo




