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Inspiration

When brainstorming potential project ideas, we wanted to take into consideration accessibility. We wanted to create a game that one could play on the go, like during 20-minute restaurant wait. The FLIR One Camera allows for the game to be played on top of any smooth, nonreflecting surface and because the players draw with his/her fingers, you don’t even need a pen.

How it works

Infrapic utilizes the FLIR ONE to play a drawing game similar to Pictionary. At the start of each player’s turn, the phone randomly generates a word and the player sketches the key word using their fingertips. Then, the other player watches a video recording of the drawing and guesses the word. If the player is able to correctly guess the word, then he/she receives 1 point. Otherwise, no point is awarded. The two players switch roles and play again until a player reaches 5 points.

Challenges I ran into

Implementing the abstract idea to code was a challenge. I have done simple iOS development before but have not made a full app. It was another challenge to learn how the language works.