Your North Star

YOUR NORTH STAR

Group 34: Grace Gong, Megi Murati, Diana Hung, Mariia Onokhina.

Inspiration

The North Star has been a symbol of guidance and direction for centuries. In ancient times, navigators and travelers used the North Star as a way to determine their location and navigate the seas. We think that our web-based project with the help of AI will help the users navigate the quiz to find their way to their favorite book, movie or music.

What it does

The website will present a welcoming page to “Your North Star” ChatBot where it asks the user what they’re looking for. They’re presented with three buttons: music, book and movie. This leads to the next question which allows the user to specify the genre of their chosen media. The input given by the user is fed to an API. The APIs return the recommendations as a list, where each recommendation provides metadata, such as: title, cover, rating, overview, etc. We chose the constellation-theme because this is meant to be a journey to imagination. Your taste will bring you to the destination.

Challenges we ran into

The challenges we faced were with the implementation of a chatbot into the website.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Being able to successfully implement the APIs from Google Cloud and Spotify Web.

What we learned

We learned how to customize APIs; how to navigate on different errors when using javascript or react. Most importantly we learned how to negotiate between team members and try to make our best based on the time provided.

What's next for Your North Star

By using AI we can explore the characters of the books/movies to elevate the user's experience to the next level. The user can communicate the characters and be friends with them.