ASAN - Space Apps Challenge

The Isolation Solution

Social distancing policies enacted the world over during the COVID-19 pandemic have left many people socially isolated. Your challenge is to develop innovative solutions to combat social isolation.

JoinIN

Summary

According to WHO data and studies on human behavior, we identified two consequences caused by social isolation: feeling of loneliness and increased use of streaming services. Studying these situations, we created a project called Joinin, an app that combines virtual reality with cinema entertainment to bring a unique experience of watching movies or series with other people in a movie theater, but without leaving home.

How We Addressed This Challenge

The JoinIN app was created with the purpose of reducing loneliness and bringing people back to the routine of socializing. We understand that we are living a scenario that will remain indefinitely, and that we will continue with social distancing.

We adapted the idea of

socializing with the help of virtual reality in a routine that, according to some studies on human behavior, streaming or watching movies/series at home is increasingly gaining space in the daily lives of several generations.

Then, in the app, the user will have the opportunity to have a unique experience of watching movies and series with family members, even if they are socially distant.

How We Developed This Project

After analyzing the negative side (loneliness) with the positive side (most generations use streaming) of

social isolation, we understand that there are new human behaviors in the current scenario.

With this perspective, we are thinking of a solution that is digital and that has a purpose of easing the feeling of loneliness.

It was in this sense that the Joinin app emerged!

In the two days of the challenge, the group focused on structuring the app's wireframes and storyboards. For the creation of the app screens, we used the Figma software, for better visualization.

In the next steps, we will focus on developing the back-end, front-end, creating the app, testing and then launching the product.

Joining the two issues mentioned above we had the idea of setting up a virtual cinema with virtual reality.