GR1 - Analysis

Problem Statement

Parents and relatives living apart want to get an experience of what it is like to be at a place where their children/relatives live.

• Experiences are difficult to communicate
  • What is it like to walk around Harvard Square?
  • What is it like to jog along the Charles River?
• Textual description/Images/Videos don't give a great idea of what the place is like solely.

Needfinding (Observations + Interviews)

A 40 years old father of a working professional who moved to San Francisco

• wants to get an experience of what it is like to be at San Francisco 
• so that he can recreate the narratives of his son's stories with immersive visual representation.

A 30 years old tourist planning to tour Paris

• wants to explore what the tour is going to look like beforehand

User Groups

Two user groups

• People back home
  • Parents 
  • Relatives
  • Friends
  • Tourists (planning a tour)
• People living abroad
  • Visitors
  • Students 
  • Professionals
  • Tour Guides

User Goals

Parent, relatives, and friends back home

• experience the place where their children/relatives/friends are living
  • recreate the narrative of stories with immersive visual representation
• Person living abroad
  • ability to share his experience in a visual way
• Tourists
  • experience what the tour is going to look like beforehand
• Tour Guides
  • ability to better convey the tour experience to prospective tourists