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Spring 2024
TRAINAR
Collaborated with a team of USC Iovine and Young Academy students to develop TrainAR, an augmented reality fitness concept for Snapchat's AR platform. designed to integrate gym training guidance into their AR platform.
Role & Objective
- •Served as Lead AR Developer to develop an augmented reality fitness concept for Snapchat's AR platform.
- •Aimed to enhance workout safety and form correction by using AR to place a digital trainer in the user's gym space.
- •Targeted providing real-time visual demonstrations of proper exercise techniques for safer, more effective workouts.
Actions Taken
- •Built the interactive AR lens demo using Lens Studio for Snapchat integration.
- •Designed AR trainer overlay that positions a digital trainer in the user's environment to demonstrate correct form and movement.
- •Implemented real-time visual guidance to help users perform exercises safely and correctly.
- •Collaborated with a multidisciplinary student team to ideate, design, and develop the experience.
- •Developed an interactive lens prototype as part of the pitch to Snapchat.
Results & Impact
- •Successfully promotes safer, more effective workouts by reducing the risk of injury through real-time form correction.
- •Introduces AR as a valuable tool for fitness and personal training in health and wellness sectors.
- •Explores new use cases for Snapchat's AR capabilities beyond entertainment and social media.
- •Delivered a lens demo completed and functional in Lens Studio, ready for further development and refinement.