My team was tasked to create an innovative solution to this common problem at our UC Berkeley campus:
"The large student number on campus contributes to diversity but leads to a less closely-knitted community.
Large class sizes makes it hard for students to communicate effectively or develop long-lasting relationships with each other. Out of classroom, although there are various clubs, they only make a certain group of students with specific hobbies closer to each other."
So we decided to take a different approach from your common social media application by combining it with the innovation of the AR/VR field to solve the common issue of improving social interaction in college campuses.
The Prototype
Troops is a teamwork-based mobile game that aims to solve the issue of young adults having a hard time finding ways to interact and meet new people. Using AR/VR technology, Troops allows users to to be sorted into teams, or "Troops", where they must work together to complete location-based tasks and compete against other Troops to gain rewards and level up. This gamified social interaction allows for a diverse group of individuals to meet with each other.
The Pitch Deck
