Inspiration-
We have noticed that education suffered a lag in these 2-3 years due to pandemic. Though our dedicated and hard-working teachers left no stone unturned to teach their students even in these times and using n number of online simulators that are available today, somehow they lack real-life experience and induce monotonicity. Also, the students in rural areas lack practical knowledge due to middlemen's fraudulent practices and lack of essentials. Hence we were inspired you to bring our hack Mesoni-fy.
What it does-
Mesoni-fy is our way of combining visualization made possible through Augmented reality(AR) and education. It can basically act as a tool for teachers in online classes to improve interaction. Students can learn anytime, anywhere at the mere click of a button. This app as contemplated and created by our team members also serves a socio-welfare purpose. This app can be an asset to the teachers in rural areas and government schools, where the resources are limited. It serves two purposes, at first they will understand the concepts better through 3d models and animation. And the second one is, that maybe many of the students are inspired to see these burgeoning technologies and celestial science and develop an interest in them. Moreover, there is no need for a network connection for our app, which is a major problem in rural areas
How we built it-
We built it using the latest 2020 version of Unity and Blender and photoshop for the animations and asset models.
Challenges we ran into-
Deciding the components as such was easy, but implementing them was definitely not a cakewalk. Figuring out the plugins that were to be used was a tough task at hand. A hell lot of time was invested in fixing the bugs of our code as the experiment procedure was completely based on it. Designing the gameplay was also quite a challenge for us.
Accomplishments that we're proud of-
At last, we managed to fix the bugs in the c# code and synchronize the animation timings. We were finally able to build this by combining all the components and spending various hours on blender and photoshop.
What we learned-
we learned how to make an Augmented Reality Application in Unity using Vuforia. How do sprites, animators, and animation carry out? We learned many concepts of C# programming too.
What's next for Mesoni-fy-
We are planning to introduce various new virtual buttons, making it all the more user-friendly and less time-consuming. We have thought of using a database so that the teachers can keep track of the number of experiments performed by every student and can detect the defaulters in the future. And moreover creating specialized personalized modules for students of different grades and interests as demanded. Later, we plan to launch our app on the Google Play Store in regard to the discussions as of now.
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