HoloFriend | Letting people interact and play sports using a 3D holographic phone app.

What is the problem you found?

During self-isolation I found that people have been facing a few problems:

• People can’t interact the same as when they are interacting in person. Sometimes you want to do more than just messaging or chatting online with each other.
• Being indoors people are more unlikely to be as physically active.
• People feel less motivated to do activities just by themselves.
• Teachers and students - lack of face to face interaction.
• Organisations - lack of connections and interactions.

What is your opportunity?

How might we motivate people to do activities and keep their social interaction and connection with friends and family?

How to empower people to have the capability of doing a range of activities they like using the internet, at anytime, anywhere and with anyone?

How to get people get physical, in the comfort of their homes?

How can we teach remotely, be face to face and be motivating?

How might we work together interactively face to face?

Who is your audience?

My main audience are anyone who are feeling lonely and would benefit from interacting with other people (friends and family), and anyone who would benefit from increased physical activities. These includes people who may suffers from mental health.

My solution would benefit my audiences by improving them physically, mentally and socially. This is resulting from the increased interactions and physical activities.

My other audiences can be: Teachers, students and organisations.
Teachers and students - at all level of schooling, from preschool to university. Teachers can be present at everyone's house which will increase productivity level and motivating factor for students as teaching will be done at real time.

Tutors and students - ability to learn anything from music, sport and academic activities remotely. The teacher will be able to show their skills in 3D and provide real time advise. Tutors will be able to show dance moves, sports activities and heaps of other fun activities.

Organisations - meetings, conferences, get together can be seen live and in person.

What Is Your Solution?

I will produce a hologram smartphone app which allows live social interaction with other people. The app name is called HoloFriend. This app will allow your phone cameras to capture your interaction with others. It will transmit the live video chat from the camera image which you would normally see in 2D, into a 3D holographic video.

The holographic 3D image will be showing real time, life size images of the other people you would like to interact with. They can interact face to face and play lots of sports, such as tennis. And all sorts of other games, such as board games and car racing games, live with each other. They can play against friends, and even with computers, and be able to play with one or multiple other players. 

The hologram can also be used to socialise with family members or a group of friends. You would feel as if you are face to face, next to each other in full body having fun and laughing at each other, just like in real life.

This app can also be used in lots of other practical situation such as teacher to students interactions. Students will be more motivated should they feel the teachers are right next to them. It can be used to deliver lessons, this is especially handy as students can be located anywhere in the world. This would solve the current issues of University students being stuck overseas during Covid-19 situation and can't come to Australia. This would also solve the issue of exams being done at home, as the teacher can observe you in 3D! So you can't cheat! 

At work situations people can have live team meetings. At conferences, presenters can interact right in front of you, which will improve the feeling of connection between presenters and the audience. 

Overall, this project is about a hologram which were designed to allow live interactions and the ability to play with other people. It will have a lot of benefit by making us feel happier, feel more connected to our communities and be motivated to do all kinds of physical activities. Therefore, making us all better physically, mentally and socially. All whilst in the comfort of our homes.