Project Brief
Pitching the Project
We are proposing solving the problem of giving people more motivation to go outside. Many people are interested in going outside for lots of different reasons. They want to get exercise, take a break from work, get out of the house, and interact with friends. But many people find it difficult to get the initial motivation and spark to actually get outside.
The user group that we are focusing on for our project is people who are interested in getting outside more often, but perhaps lack the activation energy or some other motivation to actually get them to go outside.
Prospective users think that they would use a Pokemon Go style app to interact more with their friends and the nature around them. However, they also notice that some kinds of technology help them connect with nature, but other kinds of technology hurt their connection. Therefore, we must be careful to make sure our app falls into the category of technology that helps.
The main goal and requirement of the app is that it should encourage people to go outside more often. Using information from our interviews, we decided on some other requirements that our app should have in order to accomplish that goal. The app will help people spend time with friends, so it must be collaborative. It should also encourage people to form a habit of going outside more often, encourage them to get some exercise while they do so, and provide a release for feelings of being cooped up inside.
The impact of our potential solution is that it will encourage more people to go outside and interact more with their friends and with nature.