GetUp!

Describe the problem your solution addresses? (150 word limit)

In a world where most people are working remotely from home, many people sit in front of their computers and lack the exercise needed in order to stay healthy. As a result, prolonged sitting leads to back and neck pain, as well as increased risk for cardiovascular disease and cancer. A second problem with remote working is that many people struggle to stay on task. Distractions from social media tends to disrupt the productivity of many. These problems can be resolved with an app that allows users to have disruption-free work time as well as a workout routine to stay healthy.

Why did you pick this solution and how does it address the problem? (150 word limit)

We picked GetUp as the solution as it motivates people to exercise periodically between their work, which can serve to prevent health consequences caused by prolonged sitting. When one begins work on a computer, it is easy to lose track of time. This app serves as a reminder for remote workers and online students to get up from their chairs and exercise periodically between their work. Focus mode feature of the app allows people to stay focused on their work, and not get distracted by other means such as texts and social media. We believe that a combination of disruption-free work time and fitness workouts will provide users with a highly-productive work/study experience. Users are able to review their workouts in the History page, and are incentivized to stay productive and perform exercise through a leader board system to compete with friends!

How we built it

-We first brainstormed our possible problems and solutions via zoom. We create some rough sketches of the app and built a prototype on Figma, using iOS 13 and Material Design 2.0 UI kits.

Challenges we ran into

-We were all very new to using Figma, and ran into all sorts of problems - from getting UI Kits to setting constraints.

Accomplishments

-that we're proud of We were really proud of our synthesis of ideas! Everyone contributed their insights during the discussions and we were able to fuse together our final solution from many, many small ideas.

Our team also consisted of one member working in the US, while three members worked from China. We were very proud of our team synergy across time zones, as well as the idea that "someone always had their hands on this project throughout the past 48 hours"

What we learned

-All of us learned to use Figma, as well as storytelling as a designer from a character's perspective. We found the storytelling workshop to be extremely helpful and will be especially useful towards pitching future projects.

What's next for GetUp!

-Depending on everyone's schedule, we would love to polish up on some of GetUp!'s functions, and even possibly beginning to code an implementation of this app!

//Team members consist of Jerry Hou, Islina Shan, Jerry Jiang, Cristal Zhu. They are all located in China, so I was not able to add them here in time due to time zones.

//the prototype is linked in "try it out" page.

Built With

• figma