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Demo Prototype in Bezi
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Figma Component Design
Inspiration
As we learn how to become real adults in our twenties, there’s a lot of skills that we wished that school had taught us. How do you wash your clothes? how do you tie a tie? How do you fix a broken toilet? Imagine the time, effort, and confusion spent on learning these basic life skills. Considering those concerns, we created Adulting 101 - your best companion who will assist you in your daily learning! With our product, our users can reclaim their sense of self-reliance and will feel empowered to navigate this thing we call adulthood. Adulting 101 was inspired by our own experience of being international students, figuring out adulthood in America for the first time. It was also inspired by the people we know. Recent college grads living alone, our friends who grew up without fathers, and veterans transitioning to civilian responsibilities.
What it does
Our first module teaches the basics of washing white clothes. Handling white fabrics can be tricky sometimes. While it makes a perfect wardrobe addition, washing and keeping clothes white requires special care, such as choosing hot temperature and a specific cycle mode. Don't worry, we are here to teach you how to keep your favorite garments in perfect condition!
How we built it
First, we conducted user research and asked seven hackers between the ages of 20 and 25 about their most common adulting challenges. Some of our questions are: do you consider yourself good when it comes to basic practical skills? How often do you find yourself stuck in everyday household problems? When a problem like this occurs, what are your reactions? what is your first action? From our user research, we found that young people encountered an ‘adulting challenge’ at least three times a week and felt very low confidence in their abilities to complete these tasks. Moreover, young people tend to figure things out themselves before seeking help from adults, and from our survey, it was revealed that some solutions they find on the internet are not always helpful. They would prefer an assistant who will assist them in real time. We then selected operating the washing machine as our first module. Next, we prototyped with Figma and Bezi and implemented our vision using Meta's Quest 3 and Presence Platform. Lastly, we enhanced immersion through Meshy 3D objects and Pixabay audio.
Challenges we ran into
All the tools we used were new to us. For example, one engineer could not start developing until the final day of the hackathon because we dealt with difficulties while setting up the headset devices. We also tried out Bezi - the new collaborative prototyping tool for a spatial environment - for the first time and learned everything from scratch in under 1 day. Due to time constraints, we could not fully transform our mockup prototype into a final implementation, which meant that we had to focus on only essential parts of the entire demo.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
Despite the challenges, we created a fun, useful product, with the debugging help of our mentors. Although we met each other for the first time, we combined our skills and talents and worked as a strong team. Even though we came up with different ideas at first while brainstorming, we still found common ground and worked effectively together towards the end of the hack.
What we learned
We learned how to debug unity and prototype in 3D scenes. We also learned how to ask for help effectively. Also, working in a diverse team means we learned the importance of collaboration and effective communication.
What's next for Adulting 101
We want to expand our modules. Some learning tasks examples are "how to jump a car", "how to fix a running toilet", and "how to tie a tie". We also want to improve user interfaces, narrative, detailed steps to replicate in real life. Another approach we want to go with is build an AI companion who will help the user in real time by demonstrating the task side by side with the user, thus enhancing the values of learning - which is also the theme of our track.
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