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MIGi

Inspiration

Emotions influence basically every aspect of our lives. however, they are one of the hardest parts to measure within the human experience. In real life, we can track physical health with things like steps, sleep, or heart rate while emotional wellbeing is usually just left to self-reflection. We wanted to explore a future where emotions are trackable and visualizable in the same way that physical health can be. Inspired by advancements in neuroscience, we thought about a tool that could make emotional states visible and interpretable. This led us to Migi, which is an emotion tracking system that can help users better understand their emotional patterns and mental wellbeing.

What it does

Migi is an emotion tracking system that can detect and visualize emotional states in real time. The app has different features designed to help users better understand their emotions.

Emotion Dashboard: Displays a breakdown of recent emotions as percentages
Mood Duration Tracker: Tracks emotional states over time and shows streaks such as focus or happiness.
Emotion Insights: Allows users to explore events that may have triggered certain emotional responses.
Emotion Map: Shows the emotional atmosphere of nearby users or trusted friends to create a sense of empathy and social awareness within the user.

Together, these tools are able to transform emotions from feelings and invisible actions into interpretable data.

How we built it

We designed Migi using Figma, with a main focus on user experience and emotional clarity visually and logistically.

Our design process went as follows:

Brainstorming how emotional states could be tracked and visualized.
Mapping user journeys for tracking and understanding emotions.
Designing key interface components such as the emotion dashboard and mood tracker.
Creating interactive prototypes to demonstrate how users might navigate through the app.
Finalizing interesting and simple designs for a more enjoyable and calm experience.

Because this is a very imaginative design, we tried being creative and predicting future technologies like neural sensors that detecting emotional signals from the brain’s amygdala that would send data to the app.

Challenges we ran into

One of the biggest challenges was simplicity. We wanted to design a system that tracks emotions without overwhelming users with too much information. Emotional data is complex, so we had to carefully consider how to present insights in a clear and meaningful way. This also included finding ways of presenting the data visually and navigationally, whether it was better categorizing it within certain tabs of the app, or making it a graph instead of a pie chart.

Another challenge was privacy and ethical concerns. Emotional data is extremely private, so we needed to design safeguards that protect users.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We are proud of creating a concept that transforms something invisible into a tangible experience.

Some of our major accomplishments were:

Designing a clear emotional analytics dashboard
Creating the concept of an Emotion Map that can help users visualize their emotions.
Building an app that can demonstrate a user experience.
Creating an idea that had the ability of affecting everyone throughout the world.

What we learned

Through this project, we learned how important it is to design with creativity in mind. We were dumbfounded when we read the prompt, but once we started brainstorming and gathering creative and absurd ideas, we started to find a rhythm that helped lead us to Migi.

This project also helped us understand more about the brain and human experience. Additionally, we found new ways to think in regards to making apps whether it was cool animations or storytelling through user experience. Overall, the prompt helped us reach new grounds along with understanding more about ourselves.

What's next for Migi

In the future, we would want to expand on Migi and do more research in how trackable emotion could help users improve their mental health and daily wellbeing.

Potential next steps include:

Integrating subtle haptic pulses into the hardware to provide "physical" emotional cues, allowing users to feel a loved one’s calm during moments of high stress.
Expanding the dataset to predict long-term mental health trends, identifying seasonal affective patterns before they begin.
Developing a "Room Mode" for collaborative environments to visualize the collective stress or creative flow of a team in real-time.
Conducting more research to better understand how people interact with emotional data.

Ultimately, our vision for Migi is a future where emotional awareness becomes a global tool for healthier and more mindful living.