Virtual Chains

Backgrounds

Currently, we are in stressful times. COVID-19 has brought about a heightened sense of fear and anxiety. On top of that, social distancing and self-isolation are limiting our coping methods. Our team considers that maintaining mental health is one of the primary methods in coping with this anxiety. A fundamental way to achieve that is to virtually connect with the others. This will directly address issues caused by the lack of healthy social interaction.

Humans have always been social individuals. Now that we are suddenly stuck at home, the best means of surviving, psychologically and biologically, is to interact with people by whatever means available. We believe that social distancing does not have to mean social isolation.

In this crisis, people are afraid to meet up with relatives, friends, and new people. We have a solution. We want to connect people wherever they are and help those who lack social interaction to join each other in innovative new ways. These technology-enhanced interactions expose each user, not to the virus, but digital fun world with friends!

What it does

The plan is to create an app that connect a group of people with similar interest, either it’s with their current circle or even total strangers. This will allow authentic interaction amongst self-isolating individuals or as a way to connect with new people. Search, Discover, Enjoy!

How I built it

We use a design thinking framework.

Empathize
Define the problem
Ideate
Prototype
Test

Challenges I ran into

This is my first time participating in Designathon, and i want to challenge myself by doing it solo. Quite a journey to really design a full working prototype in just less than 24 hours! But to be honest it's a nice experience.