Our company would like to explore designing a native mobile app prototype. The app concept allows users access to real time video feeds of any establishment, business or venue.

The idea allows a person to view the places they wish to go to before actually going, acquiring insight and information that will help them make instant decisions about their time and choices.

The app can follow the format of the built website with the existing functionality.

Users on the app can give their real time location and the app will show specific information related to the users' needs, within a 5km zone.

An example would be a user seeking a restaurant for dinner, with the user specifically seeking a steak & shrimp dinner.

The backend admin panel, already designed, allows for onboarding a business and inputting its services and products. A requirement of the app would be to tie in with the admin panel so users can see the businesses, their services, products and location.

A key functionality within the app for this will be the search bar; the design is on the website and can be easily followed.

Another requirement would be the interface to tie in with the video feed. The video feed is hosted on our servers. By accessing the video feed through the app, users will be able to see a live feed of their choice.

One of the key benefits of the app is the video banner. This video banner allows a business to advertise to the users.

For example - several restaurants on the same block advertising the same item with different pricing. Users can see this information onscreen and make their decisions instantaneously.

Alternatively, businesses can change their advertising several times a day. Although this makes the landscape much more competitive, it instantly brings the best value to users.

Therefore, another critical aspect in building this app would be the programming for the businesses to be able to upload their videos.

What's involved:

• Conduct background research on existing or comparable models
• Identify key areas of focus from inception to implementation for the design and build of the mobile app.
• Learn and use various software design tools such as Figma
• A native mobile application which can be used on both iOS and Android.
• Access to AWS servers and Github

By the end of the project, students should complete the following list of activities:

• Familiarize themselves with our concept
• Thought-process the design layout and flow prior to the design stage
• Familiarize themselves with a design tool of their choosing and understand how it work. We strongly recommend Figma.
• Design and build inside of the design tool all the needed screens for a mobile application prototype of our product.
• Present the final design (wireframe) screens to us with the context of all the choices made, problems encountered, and next steps they recommend.

Bonus steps would include:

• Conducting UX / UI testing with real potential users potentially involving paper prototypes or other software tools to support this.

Final deliverables should include:

• The design screens and all assets in a shareable format
• A presentation as stated above of the final designs
• Colour palette to choose design theme colour