Inspiration
We were inspired by our friend, Chris, an aspiring content creator who shared the problems he faces with us once the prompt was suggested. This governed the direction we took, and even when challenges arose, he gave us more suggestions based on what he knows about content creation.
What it does
Our product analyses past media trends and predicts future direction that the public will most likely gravitate towards. This is based mass media consumption over the years. The product works across three timeframes: we look backwards to analyse what has already performed well, we survey what's happening right now in media interaction, and we use that establish links between the two and produce the likelihood of what the media will consume next, and the future prospects a creator’s content/ideas have. This is additionally coupled with recommended content in the event that a creator comes face to face with writer's block.
How we built it
We used LoveAble and Cursor to build the user interface. These are AI tools that helped us generate the interface based on our inputs and datasets.
Challenges we ran into
Our dataset did not include dates and time periods for the trend statistics. This caused us to shift our original idea of time-based predictions, to be able to work with what we had before us.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
Looking back at this entire experience, being able to complete this in such a short time even with the challenges we faced is something we are proud of. This interface, even though not perfect, reflects our hard work and dedication.
What we learned
We learned teamwork and problem solving. Working together, even when not all in the same room, we learned how to communicate better with each other and celebrate our differences.
What's next for uTrends: Your media fortune teller!
The future of our app remains open-ended. Trying to combat existing frustrations such as high earning creators using this to earn more, hence sending our target audience further away from their goals remains one of our main goals. We strive to achieve a future interface that blocks creators with a universally high following, allowing the underdogs in content creation to come up even without a media team on their side. Alongside this, we plan on upgrading the system to not only show the prediction based on your input, but also present when best a creator should upload specific content.
Built With
- i18next
- node.js
- radix
- react
- recharts
- tailwind
- typescript
- vite
