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An example of our chat box.
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Inspiration
With the hard time that has come upon us, it is so important to connect. It is so important, especially during this time, when everyone is struggling, to get past this time.
What it does
When you sign up for the first time, you will be given a series of choices that will be like a game. Depending on how you want your experience to be, you can stop at any moment. This will give us the data for our algorithm to pair people up!
Next, using an algorithm to find someone you will most likely enjoy talking to, you will be randomly paired up with someone to talk to, either with chat, mic, or video! If you want, you can make a private room that you and your friends can join.
There will be many things to do once you are in your room, such as playing games that will soon be integrated, watching videos that will be synced for the room, and of course, you can just hang out and talk!
How we built it
We originally wanted to build this using a combination of docker, python, javascript, html, and css. However, we ended up scrapping docker/python (more info on that later), and we ended up using html, css, and javascript for the front-end, along with node.js for the backend.
Challenges we ran into
Originally, we had planned to use docker. However, for the first hour of the hackathon, no matter what we tried, we could not get it to work. Because of this, we scrapped docker and moved on.
We are very happy with how we handled this setback, as it was a very big one and we still overcame it and finished the project!
Another minor challenge we ran into was figuring out our algorithm and how we would pair people up, but we figured that out in a timely fashion.
Impact
This project matters because it is capable of connecting people from different places and backgrounds together. Not only does it connect friends and family that already know each other, it also allows strangers to connect and become friends! This project goes beyond connecting friends, it even makes new friends while connecting old ones. This is so important, especially during this time, when everyone is struggling, we all have to connect to get past this time. Using this project, we can connect with old friends and even make new ones!
Next Steps
Our next steps would be to expand and create a working and global website, and eventually create an app that works identically to our website. In terms of potential profit and revenue, we plan to use ads for both and website and the app, and charge a small fee (2 dollars) in the app store as well to make some additional money through commissions. In terms of the website/app itself, as mentioned before, we would add in integrated mini games that would be a click away when you were in rooms. We would also make the user interface easier to navigate, and finally, we would further fine-tune our algorithm so that people would be even more likely to enjoy talking to the person they were paired with.
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