FriendUnity

Inspiration

The biggest challenge in independent study isn't finding answers; it's maintaining focus. Knowunity's AI is incredibly effective at explaining concepts, but students still struggle with the isolation of revising alone. We built the Quiz Arena and mood-mapped shared spaces to solve this. By integrating the psychology of virtual body-doubling, we transform static study sessions into a live, collaborative environment. The AI supports your understanding, while your peers provide the accountability.

What it does

Live Friend Feed (Social Accountability): Allowing students to see when their friends are online and actively studying, we have simulated the proven psychological technique of "body doubling." This ensures that even when a student is studying from their bedroom, they are kept accountable by the presence of their peers. The Quiz Arena (Real-Time Competition): You turned boring revision into a live race. Instead of just reading notes, friends can jump into a live arena and battle head-to-head on a quiz. As players answer correctly, live loading bars track their progress across the screen, turning study sessions into high-energy, active testing.

What's next for FriendUnity

Mutual note merger Students will be able to select their own uploaded notes alongside their friends' notes and instead of manually comparing pages, our AI- driven engine will analyze both sets of notes, identifying the missing pieces in each and synthesize them into a single comprehensive master summary.

What we learned

Version Control (Git) This was our first time using a shared GitHub repository as a team. We learned how to manage merge conflicts, push our individual features without messing up the main branch, and use requirement files to make everything worked the same on everyones laptop.

The challenges we faced

Our biggest challenge was merging our individual work streams. Because we worked on different features simultaneously, we ran into some merge conflicts when we tried to bring it all together in our shared repository.