windy city tour guide - hack chicago!
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Windy City Tour GuideSCOTT J. KRIEDERILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYHACK CHICAGO
Problem Statement
Chicago is the 3rd largest city in the world A lot of tourism, still drive new audience to visit the city -> spend money Improve tourist satisfaction -> drive repeat visits
Too many things to see and do Museums Landmarks Architecture Tours Zoo’s
Goal: Utilize mobile and desktop to make decisions about what to visit. Integrate with social technologies
Live Demo and Learning Points
Windows Phone 8.1 Windows 8
AppStuido for Windows Phone and Windows Phone 8.1 Rapid Prototyping
Still requires tweaks to the code Chicago News Feeds
Children Friendly
Conclusions and Future Work
Simple easy to use tour guide application Allows you to research and preview Chicago area hotspots
Supported Platforms Windows 8.1 Windows Phone 8
Future Support Windows Phone 8.1 Voice Search Hook into Wikipedia for landmark/monument information Maps integration
Questions? Windows 8.1 Windows Phone 8
http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/windy-city-tour-guide/a582c990-1879-48dc-872e-862c4bd4d4c7
Scott J. Krieder @skrieder http://scottkrieder.com [email protected]