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5 Signs Your Product Strategy Is Broken—and How Designers Can Help Fix It
A good product strategy aligns team efforts, cuts costs, and encourages long-lasting conflict resolution. Three Toptal product design experts discuss how product strategies get derailed and what designers can do to help get things back on track.

Christian Adolphus
Designing VR Games Worth Playing: 6 Key Considerations
Despite decades of hype, virtual reality gaming has failed to be widely adopted. Better design can reduce player frustration, increase comfort, and make games more immersive.
Edward Moore
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Shopping for Apparel in an Online World: UI/UX Design for Virtual Clothing Try-on
How is technology changing the way people shop for clothes? Designers explain how to use AR and VR to drive conversions and minimize returns.

Laurence Brothers
Play Is the Point: How UX Designers Can Break Into the Gaming Industry
There are many ways for game UX designers to break into this multibillion-dollar industry. Using her 14 years of video game UX expertise, designer Pam Nicholls shares how.

Pam Nicholls
Improve the Product Development Process With This Simple, But Powerful, User Flow Analysis
Apply the four steps in this user flow analysis method to make your product development process more efficient—and improve UX for activities like app onboarding and checkout.

Khatia Gagnidze
Can Designers Make the Metaverse Less Awkward?
UX designer Pam Nicholls has created video games and augmented reality experiences for companies like Electronic Arts, Ubisoft, and DreamWorks Animation. Here she explores designing for the metaverse and reveals innovative ways to make the user experience more intuitive and accessible.

Pam Nicholls
Push Notification Best Practices: 7 Questions Designers Should Ask
Mobile app push notifications are powerful engagement tools, but they can be intrusive if not handled correctly. Don’t hit send on your push notification strategy before asking yourself these questions.

Shoaib Mahmud
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