WinterReady

Inspiration

The winter months, in many places, are almost like the COVID-19 pandemic. People are trapped at home unable to see friends and family. However, venturing outside their homes can present a danger. With all the new (and older) technologies that we have available, we can certainly create something to keep people safe, content, and happy in their homes, while also allowing them to connect with others.

What it does

Our platform, WinterReady, creates a space for users to learn about, be ready for, and experience the winter months while continuing to stay active and connected.

Safety Features: 1) Our app offers 3D simulations, built using the Unity Engine. The simulations offer a realistic experience of different weather events, such as snowing or rainstorms. The purpose, to ensure users know the dangers of the environment around them in the winter. Staying safe and well is the primary goal, and venturing outside or doing any activities without being knowledgable and prepared would only cause further harm. 2) SnowPal: SnowPal is an AI Chatbot, able to do two main things. First, SnowPal can advise users on safety and health during the winter months. Second, SnowPal can give users recommendations on activities they can do to stay physically active and mentally content. SnowPal is the user's go-to advisor for anything they need during the winter months, keeping them safe and active. 3) Weather Advise and Integration: Using weather APIs, the app can show the user current and upcoming conditions. This allows the user to know whether it's safe to go outside or not, what the conditions are like, and what to expect.

Connections and Activity Features: 4) Activity: Users need to stay active during their winter months, especially because they are often stuck at home. Our app offers multiple activity functionalities. These include: a. Activity Bars. These show users how often they are exercising, walking around, etc... They offer stats and info on the uses activity levels, whether they have been idle too long or not, and so on. b. Challenges: The users can challenge themselves to meet daily, weekly, and other goals to stay active and healthy. Exercising, of both the mind and body, is of course extremely important. The users can create any activities they want, create activity templates, and use these to challenge themselves. c. Reminders. Reminders inform the users to stay active, offering notifications when the user has been sitting too long, or doing any one activity for too long, including fitness activities as that can be dangerous as well.

5) Groups. Staying connected with others is vital. Therefore, one of the core functionalities we have are groups. Users can create conversations with one or more other friends or family. They can hop on calls, send messages, play games, and so on together. They can even join our 3D simulations together. a. Group Activities and Challenges: The users can join with friends and family in their activities and challenges, making them so much more enjoyable and helpful in staying physically and mentally well.

Our goal with this app was to allow users the stay safe in winter conditions, while also remaining connected and active in their life. Winter can be both fun and challenging, and with our platform, users can take advantage of both these things to stay safe, healthy, and happy.

How we built it

This is an Ideathon submission, but to build this, we would need to make use of tools and frameworks such as : JS, React Native, HTML/CSS, Python, C# Unity, Firebase, Blender, Figma

Challenges we ran into

This is an ideathon submission, so this doesn't fully apply.

However, while thinking about the idea, we had to consider a few things, such as safety with the AI aspects, how realistic it was, time frame and so on. Ultimately the design we have thought out is based on the user's experience and safety.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

This doesn't fully apply for this Ideathon submission. However, building this app would be amazing and we would love it if it was put in the real world and could help people in the wintertime.

What we learned

We learned what is possible when we thinking about ideas. Just because we didn't actually create our idea yet, we discovered what we could create, how it can help people, and the potential behind the technologies we have available. Using AI, 3D engines, and so on, we can offer an amazing, helpful user experience for everyone to stay safe and happy at winter.