Your Personal Workout Coach ZAPT Your Personal Workout Coach

Team Members Akshaya Venkat - Team Manager Michael Zhou - Development Tom Lehmann - Design Brenna Smith - Documentation

Overall Problem Working out isn't as easy as that Requires knowledge of workouts Requires time for planning Potentially harmful if done incorrectly Motivation can be a big problem

High Level Solution Simple Idea: Create an app that functions as a guide, instructor, coach and motivator!

Outline of Talk Explain Representative Tasks Live Demo of the Prototype Design Evolution Concept Mapping Contextual Inquiry (Sketches and Results) Task Analysis Low-Fi Prototype Interactive Prototype Future Enhancements & Conclusion

Representative Tasks Scenario 1: Setting up your profile Goal: Determine what workout suits you best Reasoning: Simplifies the decision task for the user 0:47 - 1:10

Representative Tasks Scenario 2: Select workout and get tutorial Goal: Be well prepared and avoid injury Reasoning: Further the knowledge and skill of the user

Representative Tasks Scenario 3: Complete a Workout, get Feedback and Statistics once you're finished Goal: Improve performance of the user Reasoning: Keep the user engaged and motivated 1:15 - 1:34

Interactive prototype demo Live Demo Interactive prototype demo

Design and Prototyping Process Design Evolution Design and Prototyping Process

Interactive Prototype Design Process Contextual Inquiry Concepting Scenarios Paper Prototype Interactive Prototype

Overarching Goals Providing Knowledge Personalized Content Improving Motivation Making Exercising Easier

Interactive Prototype Changes Focus on visual / touch interface elements

Interactive Prototype Changes Use of iPhone look and feel

Interactive Prototype Changes New centralized home screen

Interactive Prototype Changes Addition of rudimentary progress tracking

Future directions and summary Conclusion Future directions and summary

Future Enhancements More robust prototypes Voice recognition Camera utilization Body sensors Integration with other progress tracking applications Making the application social

Summary The Problem: People aren't exercising effectively because of lack of information. The Solution: ZAPT, a workout application that creates customized workout plan and acts as a personalized trainer.

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