#mobime

Over the break, I figured out how to do web swinging.

Today, I decided to give back to the community and make a tutorial for it.

Hi!

Seems its been a while since I have have updated my blog... Lets just say I didn’t get as much done in the break as I wanted to. But I did have new direction in how to go about going from a design stage to actually making the app. Talking to my dad about the app design process he talked about first making Wireframes of different designs. So i’ve made a couple wireframes getting design ideas from great IPad UI examples. So here they are...

The inspiration for this set came from a set of designs that the World Wildlife Fund made (WWF for short) I loved the simplistic look of it with only having an image and a photo so I sort of took the same idea and did something similar with mine. Now I may not be using a terminator in my final image but I wanted a laugh and couldn’t think of what to put there at the time. I guess it does still fit the theme right?

https://nz.pinterest.com/pin/85286986665483961/

At the start of 2015, I had forced myself to follow through with one of my ideas that had been brewing before I attended AUT. The Idea I decided to follow through with was my simple idea for a real-time social media app that could be used as a virtual business card to either break the ice for social interactions to connect you with someone/something when you are no longer in their radius. Semester 1:   Developed on the idea of TZA after doing some research into business cards and why they’re still around. This is the period when I was learning what an ‘app’ was and how it differed from websites. After being able to differentiate between the two, the idea of TZA began manifesting in my mind and I became obsessed with the thought of creating my own app. Semester 2: In this semester is when the research, design and functionality where developed and shown on a storyboard of the app. This story board attempted to show how the app would work if it was on a mobile phone, but looking back on that storyboard in 2017, It was a very basic sketch up of what could be done with the app from a living organism’s point of view, compared to now where the app can be used from a variety of perspectives.

Semester 3: This semester was used redeveloping the logo to make it more appealing. Also thinking about how I would go about promoting/selling this app on the streets of Auckland city, this semester concluded with me updating the Logo, finding a relevant tag line, and coming up with a uniform “image” I would want my company to be seen as.

Semester 4: This was a full on semester when it came to my app as I had decided to roll with the TZA idea in my entrepreneurial class, and continued to join the Autel Innovation challenge to practice pitching. This semester worked really well when it came to staying TZA focused because I utilized my Entrepreneurial class by making a sample video explaining the idea of TZA, and updating my previous TZA storyboard on an app simulator. Long story short, I then continued to develop on this descriptive video for the Autel competition, I got to the finals of the Autel competition and also got  a lot of public speaking practice for the pitch that had to be given.

Last week on Thursday we had the pleasure of being able to talk with Felipe Cardona. The topic of our discussion was Collaborating and creating fast/original mobile AR/VR content.

Not only did we discuss Felipe’s projects but we also talked about what the future of AR holds. In Felipe’s opinion AR is an avenue that has a lot of potential in integrating into everyday life, through videos, phone apps, and even CV’s (as he showed us).

As for the apps Felipe has experimented with the first one was Mobilementary. Mobilementary is an app that is used to make documentaries on the road with a IPhone. You don’t need to use any post-production, you can transfer the films directly to IMovie (on the phone). And create the music on Garageband, also on the phone.

The next app was Pocketvideo, an app used to create experimental quick videos and Gifs. Once you have the videos you can add images and draw on the video.

The last, which interested me the most was called Layar. On the app you can scan an image that has already been made into an interactive AR experience. Once scanned the said image displays pop ups, information and clickable links. The example he gave us was Felipe’s actual CV. Using Layar he overlaid his CV with interactable pop ups which were all unique to the part of the CV giving details and external links.