Working title: Assist Me
What is the intended idea / concept behind the proposed project?
To aid people with memory loss or who struggle with daily activities. This product will use your smartphones camera to scan every day items and the play a short instructional animation on how to complete tasks.
Justify the idea / concept in terms of the needs for its existence (if purely for entertainment, state this and how the output will be innovative/original and creative):
This concept will hopefully allow people with difficulties doing everyday tasks to maintain their independence and allow them to take control in their own lives. Family members can also benefit by knowing that they have a guide on how to do tasks and they could also add the option of monitoring the app to see progress.
Describe the intended audience:
Patients with memory loss / learning difficulties who struggle to complete or remember to do simple everyday tasks. I want to make this available to a wide range of people who have different needs. I want it to be adaptable to each individual.
How will this project extend your or your team’s creative and technical skills?
For this project, I will need to conduct extensive research on my target audience and what needs they have. This will hopefully enable me to tailor the concept to suit them. I aim to talk with people who have experience with memory loss or people with learning difficulties so that I can get a good understanding of their needs when designing this concept.
Outline how the practical work will be carried out by you / the team (division of labour) and the time-scales involved for each task:
After an initial period of research, I want to make a start on the design for the app. I want to keep it clean and simple so that it is user-friendly and not too difficult to navigate around. This may take a few tweaks after showing the design to some potential users.
After the initial interface design is complete, I will start on the animation side of the application. Using After Effects and Photoshop I aim to make at least two 10 second animations to assist the users.
If the work so far is progressing well, I want to then use my knowledge of motion tracking and create a simulation of a person using this application for real.
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