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Oleh Smieltsov
White Petcube Cam 360 camera on a shelf in a living room

Cam 360

The very first Petcube Cam took the world by storm, breaking all the sales records, snatching the Bestseller badge on Amazon. It was a winning combo really: good design (Red Dot good) + affordable price. And we decided to build further on that success. We went back to the community and asked how we can improve the pet camera experience. Petcubers were abundantly clear with their feedback, so here goes Petcube Cam 360.

Years
2023–2024
My Role
Lead Designer
What I Did
Market Research
Wireframing
UI Design
Interaction Design
Prototyping

5x

Revenue over the initial plan

#1

Product of the Day, Product Hunt

Up, down, all-around

Pan-tilt is a simple idea: let people move the camera from the app. But control that lags or overshoots is useless, and none of that shows up in a mockup. We built four rough prototypes — joystick, D-pad, edge arrows, swipe — and ran them on an actual camera.

Pan-tilt joystick control prototype
Pan-tilt D-pad control prototype
Pan-tilt edge arrows control prototype
Pan-tilt swipe control prototype
Edge arrows pan-tilt control in the Petcube app
Fig 1. Edge arrows — the winner. Tap an arrow, the camera turns.
Cam 360 app interface
Top-down view of Cam 360 on a table, panning between a sleeping cat and a dog
Telling Jack the dog to leave it through the Cam 360 app's pan-tilt view

Privacy Mode

Sometimes you just want the camera off without unplugging it. Cam 360 has a lens that tilts down and hides itself, so the room's private again.

Cam 360 on a stool in a living room with a dog and cat
Privacy Mode in the Petcube app — Camera Off, Camera On and Privacy Mode screens

Inspired by K. Malevych

Cam 360 design is inspired by the father of modern abstract art — Kazymyr Malevych. His Black Circle turned 100 in 2024. And we used it to educate people on Malevych’s Ukrainian origin and great impact on visual culture.

Malevych Black Circle campaign for Cam 360

Product Video Soundtrack

Yet another Ukrainian Mykola Lysenko helped us greatly with a product video soundtrack. Please enjoy this dramatic sequence paired with a beautiful instrumental from ‘Taras Bulba’ opera.

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