Proximity

Maximilian HemmrichVishal Modi

Samrudh Rajachudamani

Elevator Pitch

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• For the young adults who are always on the move• Who are dissatisfied with planning hang outs

ahead of time• Our product is a friend discovery application• That provides immediate notification of nearby

friends• Unlike having to broadcast your location on

social media• We have assembled an application that sends

push notifications to users when selected friends are in a user specified area

Demo

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User Testing Summary

Feature Set Importance SatisfactionDistance Setting 4.4 4.1

Friend Selection 4.6 4.3

Push Notifications for Selected Friends

4.3 4.4

Messaging Integration 3.8 4.0

Overall Rating 4.3 4.2

“The UI changes with distance selection make the app more flexible.”

“I think 250 meters is too low for an upper

bound”

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Lessons Learned

• Team management–Managing responsibilities and commitments– Ex. Days leading up to MVP1 release

• Software Integration – Importance of testing integration between

various development environments– Ex. GCM Integration

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Summary

• Ready for release– Core features are functional– Need more user feedback

• Will be released on the Play Store

• Next Steps:– Continued UI improvements– iOS compatibility

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Questions?

Contact:Maximilian Hemmrich (hemmrich@umich.edu)

Vishal Modi (vmmodi@umich.edu)Samrudh Rajachudamani (samraja@umich.edu)