Insights

Ideas and perspectives from the work we do and the things we care about.

Experimenting in VR: Getting Lost In A Daydream

We spent a few weeks experimenting in Daydream, and documented our process. Want to see what we built?

By Anders Oscarsson

ustwoTHINKS: Wearables Beyond Watches

Have Wearables Hit Their Tipping Point? ustwo has been working in the wearable space since 2014. In partnership with Google, our team has…

By ustwo

Hacking Chatbots: Experimenting with a Product Mindset

When it comes to chatbots and voice assistants, there are still leagues of uncharted territory to cover. We assembled a group of developers and product designers to experiment, break things and find out more.

By ustwo London

Addressing the Gender Pay Gap at ustwo

With a pay gap of 3.5% we are moving forward – but we still have work left to do. We share the steps we’re taking to close the gap.

By ustwo London

The Math Behind Android Wear 2.0

With the advent of Android Wear 2.0 and the new features it brings to the table — a standalone Play store and the Complications API, to name…

By Alfonso Cejudo

A Glance At The Future Of External Vehicular Sound

We explore different auditory concepts to communicate risk to pedestrians, with the goal of creating a safer relationship between them and Electronic Vehicles.

By ustwo Auto

Introducing Interactive Meditation

Sway is the latest interactive meditation experience. It uses your phone to track movement and provides feedback to help you gain focus and improve your attention.

By ustwo Nordics

An Introduction To Shaders, The GPU, And OpenGL

This video helps understand those advantages and the GPU's role, with a focus on shaders -- a simplified overview of how they work, their role in the context of an OpenGL rendering pipeline, and a hands-on demonstration.

By Vasiliy Kulakov

Orsilus: From Side Project to Soft Launch

From Sunday side-project to launching on the app store – take a look Orsilus, a music app three years in the making from ustwobie Jamaine.

By Jamaine Obeng

Teaming up with the Co-op

Working side-by-side with Co-op in Manchester to form One Team

By ustwo London

ustwoTALKIES Designing for Sustainability

For the first in a series of design-focused ustwoTALKIES, we gathered in the London studio to explore the messy intersection between our digital world and the environment – and what this means for designers.

By Emily Whalley

Why should designers care about Behaviour Driven Development?

Behavioural Driven Development helps developers and designers combine their thinking and tackle problems together, from the very first stages of a project.

By Narges Jalali

Flipside – New Pathways into Digital Careers

Making digital training schemes work for young, talented people from diverse backgrounds.

By ustwo London

5 Lessons Traditional Banks Can Learn from Startups

With brick-and-mortar banks fast disappearing from the high street, big banks still have the opportunity to break ground on even more valuable real estate – consumers smartphones.

By Liana Chang

Android Testing, Continuous Integration and Firebase

Mobile developers, more than ever, need to create applications ready for a savvy marketplace – users expect responsiveness, good content and a coherent experience throughout the app.

By Nelson Sachse

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Exploring Server-side Swift

I created a little sample called Mockingbird to explore Swift on Linux and the Swift Package Manager.

By Aaron McTavish

Designing in a Polluted City

9 in 10 people globally are breathing bad quality air. It's grim – but it's also a design challenge.9 in 10 people globally are breathing bad quality air. It's grim – but it's also a design challenge.

By Jason DaPonte

How Will We Learn to Trust Learning Machines?

Only design which puts users at the heart of solutions will find the way forward.

By James Higgs

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