Walk Me

You're supposed to take 10k steps daily, but no one does- except if you have a cute dog. Walk Me is a virtual dog whose mood changes when you walk 10k steps a day or not. Remember to take care of it!

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Inspiration

It is good to walk 10k every day, but many people lack the motivation. On the other hand, many people are into virtual petting, such as Tamagotchi. We came up with the idea to motivate people to walk to take care of the virtual dog.

What it does

  • A cute dog to encourage you to take 10,000 steps daily and have a healthier lifestyle
  • Can also add manually the number of steps
  • The dog has 5 hearts, and will be sad if you do not walk often enough (1 heart or lower). If you walk 10,000 steps enough (5 hearts), the dog will be happy!

Constraint

Only work with Mobile view because this app is supposed to be a mobile app

How we built it

  • Drew pictures and divide into small components
  • Worked with GitHub

Challenges we ran into

  • Authentication with Auth0
  • Modifying with Augmented Reality

Accomplishments that we're proud of

  • Completed MVP (add steps, update hears and dogs corresponding to steps) with cute original dog designs
  • Having our own cute favicon
  • Tried some advanced features, such as integrating Augmented Reality packages
  • All team members experienced PR at least once

What we learned

  • How to code with React
  • How to collaborate with GitHub
  • How to implement an authentication feature to full some personal data
  • The basic idea of Augmented Reality

What's next for Walk Me

  • Linked in real time with your mobile Health Application such as Google Health as pedometer
  • Real time progress bar to show visually your steps
  • Augmented Reality can be implemented where you can see your virtual dog walking beside you
  • Support Mobile app so that we can link with Apple HealthKit
  • Connect a database to store dog status rather than storing it in the local storage
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