Inspiration
We wanted to create something that would allow people to continue to build relationships and create memories whilst not being able to physically see each other during lockdown. We noted lockdown has caused many events and celebrations such as birthdays and graduations. This has contributed to feelings of isolation and detachment, thus we wanted to create a product/program that would allow people from all over the world to continue to make memories and celebrate events.
What it does
Users download the 'Vidyou' app. The host selects to create a new video- they can choose from occasions such as birthdays, wedding or graduation- each of these have a different theme. They choose how long they want the video to be and then invite users on multiple devices from anywhere around the world, to film a short clip to be part of the video. When all users have uploaded their clip the app will automatically edit these together into one seamless video.
How we built it
We built the app prototype on Figma. And plan to expand to a fully functional app using Swift in Xcode.
Challenges we ran into
We decided to pivot away from our idea and change our app to be aimed at a professional market so people working in international businesses could quickly produce short pitches. However, we found with our market research that this market was already very crowded and software for pitches is generally for desktop and laptops is rather than apps. Our mentor advised to go back to our original idea so we created a new survey and completed more market research which confirmed our app was feasible so we rejigged our plan and the rest of work to fit this.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
Making a prototype app in under 5 days Creating a professional pitch from three different countries on three different time zones
What we learned
Market research skills Dividing work equally Compromise and negotiation Time management Working under pressure to reach a deadline
What's next for Team 14 / Team Agreement submission
We would like to take our prototype to next stage and release it as an app.
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