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There were a number of survey responses that said being able to meet and connect with others was a feature that was valuable to have. Along with itinerary features that helped them organize their day.

In designing the profile, my intention was to design an interface that could provide a foundation for these social connections without sacrificing on practical functionality. 

In this design users can seamlessly re-visit past connections while providing information that can foster new ones. With an easily accessible ability to plan and organize new experiences.

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Recent studies have revealed that young people are feeling more lonely than ever.       I wanted to design an app that motivated people to spend more time out in the world making in person connections and finding community.

As an avid gamer and an escape room enthusiast well acquainted with the engaging power of a good story campaign, I saw an opportunity for a type of platform that could merge the two. By leveraging mixed-reality technologies there was potential to turn any real world environment into a game map, with users starring as the main characters in location based campaigns.

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the problem set

The profile represents your identity on Arcpass. Users have the choice to share personal information like their name, age, pro-nouns, home city, and a bio. They can also manage a daily itinerary from within the app.

Profile

Connecting communities through AR.

Arcpass is an augmented reality mobile application that aims to help people explore and interact with their local communities through first-person, story-based, and interactive AR experiences located on the premises of brick-and-mortar business partners around the world.

the future of urban exploration.

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Due to the dynamic nature of games, different experiences in arcpass would likely require different user interfaces. But to maintain a sense of continuity I wanted the camera interface to have characteristics that remained the same no matter the game or user objective.

 

For that I leveraged the location and color of on-screen elements. With the bottom of the screen always displaying objective information and menu buttons, and interactive elements in-frame being highlighted with the purple Arcpass accent color.

Interface continuity is vital in lowering the learning curves of different arcpass experiences.

the camera

To facilitate the discovery of experiences, I needed to design a screen where users could easily find nearby launch points. Whether they were located at partnered businesses or at standalone locations. I landed on using a map for this due to most users being familiar with map interfaces already. By enabling location services, users would be informed of nearby experiences by simply opening the discover screen.

 

The tabs to the side toggle between the types of icons displayed on the map - icons for either partnered businesses or standalone experiences. This would help users hone in their search quickly.

the map

discover screen.png

Arcpass is an mobile app that aims to help people explore and interact with their local communities through mixed-reality experiences.

the user research

Although I knew I wanted to target younger people effected by the loneliness epidemic, I knew it would take more research to discover who the early adopters would be. I developed two surveys that would help me narrow down not only who would use Arcpass, but also what they would be looking for from this type of app.

I received over 150 responses in total that helped me create the two user personas below. Representative of arcpass's first potential users.

the profile

Generally, there would be two types of experiences that exist on Arcpass. Standalone experiences, and experiences launched from partnered businesses called "campuses". These types of partnerships expand the geographical area that Arcpass experiences can be integrated with, while also acting as a customer funnel for both the app and business by leveraging each others customer base.

By simply checking in to a campus, Arcpass users gain access to the experiences housed at that location, business specific information, and community building features that help facilitate connections between users.

the campus

As avid gamers, we use arcpass to explore new cities while solving mysteries in our favorite Arcpass game!

As frequent travelers, we use arcpass city guides to learn more about local cultures and find new friends to go on adventures with. 

18 - 35  |  traveling gamers

kara & michelle

As a business, we benefit from the increased foot traffic that having an integrated experience brings. We also learn more about the customers we service every day. 

 

By analyzing customer data we can tailor our offerings and provide a better experience!

35 - 60  |  business owner

danny

My work in designing the Arcpass prototype led to the project being accepted into the 2023 cohort of Miami Hack Week and the FAU Business Pitch Competition. Solidifying the publics interest in the concept. The project is a continued work in progress.

the outcome

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IMG_2539.JPG
fau business pitch.png

Recent studies have revealed that young people are feeling more lonely than ever.       I wanted to design an app that motivated people to spend more time out in the world making in person connections and finding community.

As an avid gamer and an escape room enthusiast well acquainted with the engaging power of a good story campaign, I saw an opportunity for a type of platform that could merge the two. By leveraging mixed-reality technologies there was potential to turn any real world environment into a game map, with users starring as the main characters in location based campaigns.

Recent studies have revealed that young people are feeling more lonely than ever.       I wanted to design an app that motivated people to spend more time out in the world making in person connections and finding community.

As an avid gamer and an escape room enthusiast well acquainted with the engaging power of a good story campaign, I saw an opportunity for a type of platform that could merge the two. By leveraging mixed-reality technologies there was potential to turn any real world environment into a game map, with users starring as the main characters in location based campaigns.

LA.png

the problem set

Arcpass is an augmented reality mobile application that aims to help people explore and interact with their local communities through first-person, story-based, and interactive AR experiences located on the premises of brick-and-mortar business partners around the world.

the future of urban exploration.

Due to the dynamic nature of games, different experiences in arcpass would likely require different user interfaces. But to maintain a sense of continuity I wanted the camera interface to have characteristics that remained the same no matter the game or user objective.

 

For that I leveraged the location and color of on-screen elements. With the top of the screen always displaying objective information, interactivity menus always being displayed on the side, and interactive elements in-frame being highlighted with the purple arcpass accent color.

Interface continuity is vital in lowering the learning curves of different arcpass experiences.

the camera

To facilitate the discovery of experiences, I needed to design a screen where users could easily find nearby launch points. Whether they were located at partnered businesses or at standalone locations. I landed on using a map for this due to most users being familiar with map interfaces already. By enabling location services, users would be informed of nearby experiences by simply opening the discover screen.

 

The tabs to the side toggle between the types of icons displayed on the map - icons for either partnered businesses or standalone experiences. This would help users hone in their search quickly.

the map

discover screen.png

Arcpass is an mobile app that aims to help people explore and interact with their local communities through mixed-reality experiences.

the user research

Although I knew I wanted to target younger people effected by the loneliness epidemic, I knew it would take more research to discover who the early adopters would be. I developed two surveys that would help me narrow down not only who would use arcpass, but also what they would be looking for from this type of app.

I received over 150 responses in total that helped me create the two user personas below. Representative of arcpass's first potential users.

Generally, there would be two types of experiences that exist on Arcpass. Standalone experiences, and experiences launched from partnered businesses called "campuses". These types of partnerships expand the geographical area that Arcpass experiences can be integrated with, while also acting as a customer funnel for both the app and business by leveraging each others customer base.

By simply checking in to a campus, Arcpass users gain access to the experiences housed at that location, business specific information, and community building features that help facilitate connections between users.

the campus

My work in designing the Arcpass prototype led to the project being accepted into the 2023 cohort of Miami Hack Week and the FAU Business Pitch Competition. Solidifying the publics interest in the concept. The project is a continued work in progress.

the outcome

the problem set

Although I knew I wanted to target younger people effected by the loneliness epidemic, I knew it would take more research to discover who the early adopters would be. I developed two surveys that would help me narrow down not only who would use Arcpass, but also what they would be looking for from this type of app.

I received over 150 responses in total that helped me create the two user personas below. Representative of arcpass's first potential users.

the user research

As avid gamers, we use arcpass to explore new cities while solving mysteries in our favorite Arcpass game!

As frequent travelers, we use arcpass city guides to learn more about local cultures and find new friends to go on adventures with. 

18 - 35  |  traveling gamers

kara & michelle

As a business, we benefit from the increased foot traffic that having an integrated experience brings. We also learn more about the customers we service every day. 

 

By analyzing customer data we can tailor our offerings and provide a better experience!

35 - 60  |  business owner

danny

There were a number of survey responses that said being able to meet and connect with others was a feature that was valuable to have. Along with itinerary features that helped them organize their day.

In designing the profile, my intention was to design an interface that could provide a foundation for these social connections without sacrificing on practical functionality. 

In this design users can seamlessly re-visit past connections while providing information that can foster new ones. With an easily accessible ability to plan and organize new experiences.

the profile

the camera

Due to the dynamic nature of games, different experiences in arcpass would likely require different user interfaces. But to maintain a sense of continuity I wanted the camera interface to have characteristics that remained the same no matter the game or user objective.

 

For that I leveraged the location and color of on-screen elements. With the bottom of the screen always displaying objective information and menu buttons, and interactive elements in-frame being highlighted with the purple Arcpass accent color.

Interface continuity is vital in lowering the learning curves of different arcpass experiences.

camera.png

To facilitate the discovery of experiences, I needed to design a screen where users could easily find nearby launch points. Whether they were located at partnered businesses or at standalone locations. I landed on using a map for this due to most users being familiar with map interfaces already. By enabling location services, users would be informed of nearby experiences by simply opening the discover screen.

 

The tabs to the side toggle between the types of icons displayed on the map - icons for either partnered businesses or standalone experiences. This would help users hone in their search quickly.

discover screen.png

the map

Generally, there would be two types of experiences that exist on Arcpass. Standalone experiences, and experiences launched from partnered businesses called "campuses". These types of partnerships expand the geographical area that Arcpass experiences can be integrated with, while also acting as a customer funnel for both the app and business by leveraging each others customer base.

By simply checking in to a campus, Arcpass users gain access to the experiences housed at that location, business specific information, and community building features that help facilitate connections between users.

campus-overview.png

the campus

campus-overview.png

My work in designing the Arcpass prototype led to the project being accepted into the 2023 cohort of Miami Hack Week and the FAU Business Pitch Competition. Solidifying the publics interest in the concept. The project is a continued work in progress.

the outcome

figma workspace.png
IMG_2539.JPG
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