You've arrived at a crowded bar to meet your friend Steve, but he is nowhere to be found. The document discusses an augmented reality app called AiR that allows users to search for people in real-time, share their thoughts with others nearby, and explore the thoughts of those around them. This could help locate friends in crowded places like the bar by connecting with just a wave of the phone.
3. Where’s my
friend?
- You’re in a new city and
are meeting your buddy
at a bar, but he got in 15
minutes ahead of you
- You finally get in, the bar
is packed and your friend,
Steve, is nowhere to be
found
- You don’t know anyone
else at the bar
5. Search for people
in real-time
Share your
thoughts with
those around you
Explore the
thoughts of those
around you
Snapchat
Instagram
Find My Friends
AiR
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7. Our Vision
Our group AiR, is developing an
augmented reality app designed to help
people connect with just a wave of their
phone.
Editor's Notes
5 second type pitch at introduction: we believe that people need a new way to find and connect with their friends
Then one sentence pitch to tell our idea: Our group AiR, is developing an augmented reality app to help people connect with others around them with a wave of their phone.
With AiR, you can now really see whats up
Current issues that our app tries to address
Search - no precise way to find someones location other than general GPS location
Share - no way to share with friends using augmented reailty
Explore - no easy way to see what others around you are thinking
In this situation, may spend all night searching for Steve (see he is on Snap Map
Once found, you guy’s do not know anyone else in the place and are searching for fun people to hang out with
Snap - can post/view to things like UM story, but this is curated so it is not guaranteed
Instagram - can tag a location, but this doesn’t necessarily the people in your direct vicinity will see
In the next week or so, we are going to get familiar with the technologies that we will use to develop the app, namely Unity3d and Apple ARKit (talk about these)
From here, we will begin to design the MVP and a minimal yet effective UX for the app, which we will then test on potential users
With user data and feedback, we will continue an iterative design process that will continue throughout the whole semester and update the class on our progress with presentations