Lux | Devpost

Inspiration

As students in New York City, whether it's the bright Times Square billboard or the sometimes blinding car headlights it seems like our eyes are constantly flooded with artificial light. In an increasingly screen-based future, this experience will spread everywhere. There are studies that show that overexposure to LED light can lead to retinal damage. We wanted to design an app that can track light intake as it relates to your optical health.

What it does

Lux pairs with a sensor to give you real time information on how much light your eyes are absorbing. This information gets stored within the app to allow you to view your activity whenever you like. Additionally, Lux can pair with your smart home devices to adapt your light according to your light intake.

How we built it

We started with ideating and thinking through the problem and deliberating on our concept ideas, then jumped into FigmaMake and ChatGPT to generate a markdown file that we would feed into FigmaMake that would list out what we wanted to make. After a couple of outputs from FigmaMake, we decided on what we were going for. Then we pulled each frame from Make into Figma design, where we then created a design system kit that we used to standardize the colors, fonts, and hierarchies we wanted. After creating the kit we would pull the frames from Make and test out different colors and placements of buttons and then deliberate on what we wanted and what the user would want. After going through 3-5 different prototypes we landed on one prototype. After it was designed and built, we ran it through FigmaMake to bring the UI to life. Once all the components were working together, we added some final touches, then proceeded with the creation of the video and subsequently the rest of the deliverables

Challenges we ran into

Although screen time is one aspect of what Lux aims to measure, it is so much more than that. We wanted to make sure Lux does not fall under the guise of a productivity app. While productivity could be a side effect of our app, our main priority was to focus on eye health.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We took the cinematic route towards making our demo video, which was very rewarding for us to work on and finish. We also took a lot of time to adjust our prototype until it was precisely what we envisioned.

What we learned

User interfaces don't need to be complicated, a dashboard explaining each and every metric to the user, this causes mental clutter, and our app's goal is to reduce that.

What's next for Lux

We need to user test the app and get feedback on the UI and understand peoples interactions with this app. Ideally there would be a physical device that you could pair with the app so the full experience can come to life.