During my junior year, I took a class where we were tasked with creating an interactive application for a social atmosphere. My group (Jessica Aponte & Jonathan Tukiman) and I were assigned to a bar setting. We came up with BarTalk in order to foster social interactions amongst strangers and friends. It was an app which allowed for freedom of expression and facilitated conversations.
We did our research and focused our application on four popular bars in the area.
We knew that the activities within drinking establishments often vary by the characteristics of the bar clientele, the types of drinks served, and a host of other environmental factors, such as space, layout, available activities, drink specials, and type of entertainment. We began to research the different aspects of our design process.
With these boundaries and interests in mind, we came up with our app BarTalk which could be used as a tool to facilitate conversation with individuals with similar interests.
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