Lens
Bringing the hidden meaning of conversation into focus.
Lens
Lens is a a mobile tool to help to amplify the sense of seeing in the conversations with loved ones. It uses audio analysis to understand Intimate Subtext Perception, the ability to sense the hidden meaning behind words. Not what was spoken, but what was meant.
Research Team
Yutong Wang
Lilith Ren
Yichen Wang
Hackathon
Figbuid 2026
Who is this for?
People aged 18–35 who deeply care about a relationship — romantic, friendship, or family. What they share is not a communication problem, but a translation problem: the people they care about most are also the ones they most often misread.
User Study
"I didn't know what they meant by that, but I was too afraid to ask"
"We talk a lot, but I don't feel truly understood"
"There are topics we keep circling around but never actually reach"
Wellness Goal
Reducing the invisible harm caused by misreading the people you love. The biggest damage in close relationships rarely comes from major conflicts. It comes from small misreadings that accumulate over time — every "you decide" taken literally, every silence misinterpreted, every subtext that never got translated.
Human in the loop
AI surfaces the lenses it sensed, but you decide what stays. Edit, remove, or rephrase any lens that doesn't feel right. The interpretation is always yours.
Use Case 1 - Family
Use Case 2 - Friendship
Use Case 3 - Relationship
The Relationship Gallery
The colors and shapes of each lens reflect the unique dynamic between you and that person.
Pre-Conversation Safeguard | Dual-Consent to Acoustic Sensing
In listening mode, LENs provide an ambient
flowing light on the lockscreen.
The moment of debate, agreement on a discussion, overlapping words, silence would be recorded by Lens.
Ambient Sensing
vocal tone, speech rhythm, pauses,bthe moments of overlap and silence, and how many words it takes you to say one thing.
→ Emotional Presence
Post-Conversation Feature
After every conversation, Lens surfaces the lenses that emerged between you: the topics, moments, and themes you both moved through together. Tap into any lens to see how it unfolded: how often it appeared, what words each person used, and where your subtexts aligned or quietly diverged.
Conversation Analysis
Tap into any lens to see how it unfolded: how often it appeared, what words each person used, and where your subtexts aligned or quietly diverged.
Lens you shared
