How do we think about walking experience of families ?
Have a look at our mindset !
With the boom of new technologies, video games have been spreading
and have a great user base. However, this interest in video games
has led children to be more reluctant to the idea to spend simple
time with their parents or grand-parents and increases sedentary
behaviours and diminishes physical activity.
So we want to design an app which interests the children to go out with family members and creat their own precious family time !
Enigma targets families because children are often reluctant to the idea of going on a walk with their parents or grand-parents. Walking is healthy because fresh air is known to help people sleep for example, and because it is a physical activity that can easily be done by anyone. Moreover, it enables families to gather weekly and spend a joyful moment together. However, lots of children start by complaining and saying that they would rather stay home and play to video games.
But it also seems that when walking, observing the landscape and playing with what nature has to offer, the same children end by enjoying the walk. Therefore, it appears that children just need something that makes them want to go on a walk and share a moment with their parents. This is when Enigma becomes useful. Enigma represents the motivation that children need to go on a walk without complaining because it makes the walk even more playful.
Enigma offers a way to renew traditional walks. By proposing unknown tracks enabling the users to discover a region from unexpected points of view, our app embodies a solution against routine. Children are known for their curiosity and the newness of the routes proposed can be the occasion of an adventure every time people use Enigma! Moreover, transforming a simple walk into a treasure hunt with riddles about History or Legends for example, helps making the traditional walk even more enjoyable for everyone!
Our app is also a good way to learn and open one’s culture without feeling it! The different categories of riddles proposed enable anyone to learn more about the region he is walking in, and the anecdotes accompanying the right answer help the user remember the answer.
Enigma enables people to synchronize their timetable and find a moment to gather and spend time together! Therefore, it seems to be the solution to busy or divided families.
How does it function ?
Have a look at our mockup!
Step 1: Entering information
Choose what they like, where they want to go, which enigma they want to solve and other preference settings. Of course, all information can be changed at any time according to the individual's means and interests
Step 2: Matching information
The input information will be stored and you can easily find family members whose time and preference corresponding to yours with the help of database which filters the options that meet your needs based on your search criteria
Step 3: Push service
A step more intelligent: the feature of machine learning is that it will input all the information into the access. The more information it accesses, the more intelligent its response will be and the more people will enjoy their walk
Machine learning is fundamental to build the best application as possible, so we’ll use information and data which already exist and are present on web. The bedrock of our system will be, in part, composed of link which propose some specific walk.
These walk / enigmas are separated in categories: new place and histories, which can help families to get rid of normality which is annoying and too common and to discover new horizon to build new relations.
Lieux insolites
1. Enigma could provoke emotions and feelings amoung people of the family and convince them to go outside for sharing moments during the walk.
- For people who live in appartment in need of going outside and
exploiting, we can find some walk in the city:
Paris Enigmes : le jeu de piste sur mobile
Jeu de Père Lachaise
Jeu de piste Montmartre
Jeu de piste Saint-Germains-des-Prés
Passage des Panoramas
Passage Jouffroy
2. Because normality is ennoying and too common, families need to discover new horizon to build new relations and appreciate a walk together.
- For the French market we can find these following walk:
Les roches qui dansent
La Tour Mélusine
Les cascades du Heidenbad et du Bockloch