Inspiration
Social media apps like Instagram, SnapChat, and X promotes easy online interaction as an alternative to meeting and forming real relationships. We want to reverse this trend: what if there was an app that promoted people to meet in person while also promoting interest in STEM? Introducing EDUQuest!
What it does
EDUQuest promotes in-person social interactions by giving participants a game-like quest. To collect badges, you have to meet another player in-person and get close enough to share your badges. This is a great way for teachers to connect with students who may be interested in their work. When a teacher is looking for interested students, they can share their location in the app, and interested students can find and connect with them.
How we built it
We designed a mockup of the app using Figma and built the frontend with UIKit. The backend, which supports authentication and storing profile information, is built with Firebase Cloud Storage and Authentication.
Challenges we ran into
We had to learn how to use bluetooth to find the locations of nearby iPhones.
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