Moritz Wallbrecher

Beyond the Frame: Engineering Human-AI Interaction

Master's Thesis — ongoing

If AI works best when embedded, the next question is whether it needs to be invoked at all. This thesis proposes a system that infers user intent from OS-level signals — clipboard events, dwell patterns, application switching, document metadata — and surfaces contextually appropriate AI affordances before the user articulates a need.

A Computational Intent Pipeline, built on the AI Drop architecture, currently in user research at Kingston University London.

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When delay affects something that matters, drivers reach for their phone — not the car. Current in-car systems show route and ETA, but offer no support for the consequence of being late.

Grounded in five contextual interviews, this project explores how an in-car AI can use situational awareness to support drivers during time-critical journeys, without increasing distraction or breaking mental flow. Built as an interactive HMI simulation with scenario-based triggers.

Kingston University London MSc User Experience Design

Focus: Human-AI Interaction, AI-Driven Interfaces, empirical UX research. Expected 2026.

BMW Group Creative Technologist Intern, InCar UX

Built the internal pipeline from Figma and Rive onto the in-car runtime; informed BMW iVentures' investment in Rive.

University of Hertfordshire BA Game Design, 2:1 Honours

Thesis: real-time ray-traced UE5 pixel-streamed BMW i5 configurator, 4K/30fps in-browser.

BMW Group Working Student, HV Electronics

Designed and shipped an internal knowledge platform now used daily by ~140 colleagues across 9 departments.

[fun project]

GoFish!

Fun project back to my game desing roots: A stardew valley, low bit style game to play GoFish! with my long my long distance friends. Early state but you can already play with your friends as well.

Next.js TypeScript TileMapping Supabse
Pre-Performance Companion app screenshot

[uni project]

Pre-Performance Companion

A grounding tool for the acute moments before presentations, interviews, and important meetings. Four short support modes for different stress responses — not stress prevention, but stress navigation.

Flutter Design Thinking Mid-Fi
CiggMap app screenshot

[private project]

CiggMap

Find the nearest cigarette vending machine in Munich. Users add locations, report broken ones, get directions. 500+ locations, all crowd-mapped by friends and friends-of-friends.

Flutter Firebase Maps APIs