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“CENTER YOUR WELLNESS TO FIND YOUR ZEN”
Zen Masters: Ariel Rios | Jina Suh | Janelle Lawless December 2014 | HCDE 518 B
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
I PROJECT OVERVIEW Audience................ ................ ................ ................ ................ ...............3
Design Problem................ ................ ................ ................ ................ ....3
Target Users & Stakeholders................ ................ ................ ................ 3
Project Scope................ ................ ................ ................ ................. .......4
User Research................ ................ ................ ................ ................... ...5-6
II PROJECT DESIGN Design Solution................ ................ ................ .............. ............ .......... 7
Design Requirements................ ................ ......................................... ....8
Design Decisions................ ................ ................ ................ ................ ..8-10
III DESIGN FLOW Screen Flow - Set Up............... ................ ................ ................ ..............11
Navigation Hierarchy................ ................ ................ ................ .............12
IV INTERFACE Annotated Visuals................ ................ ................ ................ ................. 13-18
V TECHNICAL DETAILS Specifications..................................................................................................19-20
VI LOOKING FORWARD .
Future Work............... ................ ................ ................ ................ ............21
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PROJECT OVERVIEW
AUDIENCE
ThisdesignspecificationisintendedforpotentialinvestorsinterestedintheZenterapplication.ItfocusesspecificallyontheAndroidplatform.Oncerefinedallofthedesignelements and interactions can easily be extended to iOS andWindowsPhoneplatforms.
DESIGN PROBLEM
Our project explores the connection between individuals, their goals, their personal health, and their ability to prioritize those areas.
Balancing physiological and psychological states is an importantcomponenttoimprovingqualityoflife. As the World Health Organization wrote in their constitutionin1967,“Healthisastateofcompletephysical, mental and social well-being and not merely theabsenceofdiseaseorinfirmity.”
Todaywearebombardedwithamassoffragmentedbehavioraldatafromvariouswearablesanddigitaltechnologies. Currently, there is no single product which offersacentralizedandcohesiveviewofthatdatatohelpus manage, prioritize, and balance our activities.
Our user research indicates that individuals are generally concernedaboutmultipleaspectsofwellness.Currentlyexisting tools address only one wellness aspect at a time(generallyfitness)andprovidesiloedviewsoftheuser’scurrentstateinsteadofaholisticviewoftheirwellbeing.Ourusersalsoreportedthattheyhavedifficultiesin tracking their activity towards just one wellness aspect because, in some cases, they have to resort to manual loggingoftheirprogresswhichleadstolosinginterestintrackingtheirprogressalltogether.Weidentifiedtheseissues in current technologies and aimed to help the users balancedifferentaspectsofwellnessinauser-friendlyandseamless way. This leads to our design question:
“How can we provide users with actionable insight for balancing their health and wellness by integrating data from existing technologies?”
TARGET USERS & STAKEHOLDERS
Our target users are busy and distracted working professionalswhoareinterestedinmonitoringtheiroverallwellness and are already using wearable sensors or monitoring technologies such as Fitbit, Mint, or Todoist.
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PROJECT SCOPE
• GeneralProfileSet-upand ActivityNotificationManagement
• Basicprofilesetupforselectedwellnesscategories(physical,financial,work-lifebalance)
• Visualize the user’s current wellness state
• Configuretheuser’swellnessgoalsandpriorities
• Givenotificationforuser’sactivitythatcanbeusedtoward a wellness goal
• Editingorconfirminguseractivitynotification
OUT OF SCOPE
• Tutorial
• Detailedprofilesetupwithsurveytodeterminetheuser’sbaselinestateofallwellnesscategories
• Detailedconfigurationofallpossiblewellnesscategories and goals
• Privacyandpolicyissuesregardingcollectionofuserdata
• Machine learning algorithm that interprets data to give notificationsandrecommendations
• Listofsupportedservices,wearables,andapplications
• Avatar that represents your overall wellness
PROJECT SCOPE
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USER RESEARCH
USER RESEARCHWeconductedthreedifferenttypesofresearchtounderstand our potential users and the problem space. Weconductedpreliminaryresearchintheformofcompetitive analysis into existing wearable technologies and mobile/web applications as well as secondaryresearchintopreviousresearchfindingsonwellness and motivation. We then deployed an online surveytounderstandhowpeopledefineandmaintainwellness.Lastly,weperformedsemi-structuredinterviewsto gain more personal and detailed insight into what methodsortoolspeopleusetomanagetheaspectsofwellness that are important to them, how they overcome challengesofmaintainingwellness,andwhytheyfailinsome aspects.
Research 1: What existing technologies are available to users for monitoring and manage their health and wellness? Wellnessmonitoringsystemshaveexistedforyears,rangingfromtraditionalmanualapproaches(e.g.workoutlogs,financialspreadsheets)tohigh-techsolutions(e.g.pedometers, heart rate monitors, and more currently wearabletechnology).Mostofthesesolutionsarefragmentedandconcernedwithonlythewellnessaspectthattheyaredesignedfor.
Currently,therearesixwellknownfitnesswearabledevicesonthemarketfromJawbone,Fitbit,Nike,Garmin,Samsung,andmostcurrentAndroidWear.Mostofthesedevicesarerelativelynewtothemarketandareonlyintheirfirstorsecondgenerationofproduction.Allthesedevicescomewith their own native smartphone applications as well as webbasedinterfaces.Thefinancialcategoryisdominatedby applications revolving around spreadsheets on physicalmedia(penandpaper),webandmobilebankingapplications(e.g.Mint,Quicken).Work-lifebalanceisusually monitored manually but can be monitored through web and mobile applications services deployed by the workplace(e.g.Limeade).
These systems allow the users to monitor their data andsometimesprogressfromawebbasedormobileapplicationaccesspoint.Theinteraction(ratherminimal)between the user and the device is usually done through theseoutletsanddoesvaryfromdevicemodels. From this research, we have decided to scope our project toamobileapplicationwhichwouldtakeadvantageofwearable technology that a user already possesses or our proprietary devices.
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Research 2: What are the most important factors that contribute to overall wellness? Wewereabletogather27responses:12fromanMTurkgroup,2fromanemotionalsupportgroup,7fromaphysicalsupportgroup,and6fromrandomtechnologyusers.Overall,physicalandfinancialwellnesswerethetop2factorsthatwereconsistentbetweenagreementscale questions and top 3 votes. Based on open-ended responses,theparticipantsstartedoffdefiningwellnessas emotional, physical, and general happiness. The participantsvotedstronglyonfinancialwellnessasitplaysasignificantroleinotherwellnessfactors.Aswediscoveredfromoursecondaryresearch,itisimportanttorecognizethatthesewellnessfactorsarecloselyrelatedtoeach other and should not be observed as separate pillars, andoursurveyresultsconfirmthis.
Research 3: Where does the current process/solution begin to break? What prevents people from being well?Our interview participants as well as usability participants both commented that the current solutions, such as Lose It!,requiretheuserstoinputverydetailedinformationtobeusefuland,therefore,areverydisruptive.Otherexistingtechnologies,suchasFitbit,onlydisplaythefactualdata(e.g.stepstaken)withoutprovidinganyusefulinformationto act upon.
Ourinterviewparticipantswereself-driven,workingprofessionalswhoarealreadyaccustomedtosettinggoalsandhavingorganizedplanstokeeptrackoftheirlives.Theynoted that they place higher priority on work which leads to breakingthebalancebetweenfamily,work,[personal]life,and physical wellness.
USER RESEARCH
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MOBILE APPLICATIONZenter is a mobile application that collects and aggregates datafromvarioussources,visualizestheuser’scurrent
wellness states, and provides actionable recommendations tobalancevariousaspectsofwellness.
DESIGN SOLUTION
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DESIGN DECISIONSWhy physical, work-life, and financial?Our user research and competitive analysis revealed that maintaining physical health was a major trend among our audience. While most people did not immediately recognizetheconcerntheyhadforitemssuchasfitness,furtherproddingconcludedthathowusersfeelaboutand perceive themselves physically has a major impact on their day-to-day morale or mood. We observed during our interviews that people placed a higher priority on their work which impacted other wellness aspects like social orphysicalwellness,soitwasimportantforustoincludework-lifebalanceasitsowncategory.Oursurveyresultshowedthatfinancialwellnessisoneofthetop3wellnesscategories, and this was another component that people were concerned about which could potentially have a great influenceonotherwellnessaspects.
Why target working professionals?Competitive research indicates that many organizations are working to implement wellness programs internally as abenefittotheiremployees,indicatingthatmanyworkingprofessionalsstrugglewiththebalancebetweentheirprofessionalperformanceandpersonalhealth.
Our secondary research revealed health risks related to prolongedperiodsofsittingthatoccurduringtheregular
DESIGN DECISIONS
DESIGN REQUIREMENTSVisualizing the “big picture”Datashouldbeenhancedwithcontextualinformationtoshowuserstheeffectsoftheirbehaviorontheirlongtermand short term wellness goals and overall health through intuitive visualization.
Personalization of goalsUsers need the ability to build goals that better match their needs, interests and actual behaviors. Some users may placedahigherpriorityonphysicalfitnessandmightbemoreconcernedwithmakingtimeforthemselves.Usersmight also be interested in goals that are more related to optimal emotional health; or they might want to gain a betterunderstandingofwhatawork-lifebalancelookslikeforthem.
Intuitive prompts Less input, more choices; users need more options that flowfromtheirlocation,biometricdata,andbehaviorpatternsandofferthemexposuretopersonalizedintrinsic motivators. Users should not be required to log their everyday, instead they should have the have the convenienceofchoosingwethertoacceptordeclineactivities which the sensors technology has recorded.
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work routine. Itbecameobvioustousthattheneedexistedforsuchatoolthatenabledworkingprofessionalstohavesmallerregimented goals that are easier to achieve on relaxed rather than day-to-day basis.
Why a smartphone application?Manycompaniesoffersmartphonecompatibleapplicationsso that employees can access work email accounts on their smart devices. Beyond that, some larger companies provide their employees with smartphone devices in order to enable employeestoaccesseverythingtheyneedfortheirdailyjob,regardlessoftheirphysicallocation.Furthermore,manysmartdeviceshavesomeformofbuilt-insensorswhich allows applications to capture and visualize behavior data.Asmartphoneapplicationwould,therefore,bethemostmobile,relevant,andfeasibleoptionforZenter.
Why proprietary wearable device?Creating a proprietary wearable devices allows Zenter to acquire extra data concerning user stress levels and mood inconjunctionwithfitnessdatathatexistingwearablesandmanymodelsofsmartphonesalreadyprovide.Additionally,any enthusiastic Zenter consumers would able to wear a devicethatwouldalsoserveasaformofmarketingourproductandserveasameansofcreatinginterestinwhatourproductis.Finally,It’sanotheravenuefortheprogramtocommunicatewiththeuserinordertoinformthemof
notificationsthatrequiredsomeactionontheuser’send,creatinganotherpointofinteractionbetweentheprogramand the user.
Why use sensors?The sensors, whether proprietary or third party devices, arepartofthedatagatheringprocesswhichhelpstoinformtheapplicationofuserbehaviorsandstatus.Additionally,thesensorsofferamore“handsoff” approachtouserdatawhichisintendedtoofferatimesaving and intuitive component so that there is less requiredoftheuser(i.e.findandspecifyinghow much time you spent walking, sitting, or in meetings rather than requiring users to manually input each activityandcategorizeit).
Why aggregate data?ThegoalofZenteristogiveourusersabetterindicationofwheretheystandinagivenfacetoftheirholistichealthorwellness.Wellnessisdefinedinthedictionaryasthequalityorstateofbeinghealthyinbodyandmind.People’slives are multidimensional so allowing users a window into onlyonefacetdoesnotofferenoughinformationtoward abetterstateofwellness.Wedeterminedthatusers needtheabilitytoviewthefacetsofwellnesswhere effortswerebeingmadeincontrasttofacetswhichwerebeing neglected.
DESIGN DECISIONS
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Why edit notifications?Throughourusabilitytesting,severaloftheusersindicatedthatitwasoddtoeitherconfirmordeclineagivenrecordedactivitywithouttheoptiontoalterandactivitiesspecifics.Usersstatedthedesireforanabilityreviewandmodifynotifications.Ournextattemptwastoofferthemaquickaccept option and an option to edit in which the user could modifyordeclineanactivity.
DESIGN DECISIONS
Why use a doughnut chart?Wechoseacommoninformationvisual(piechart)originally,butalteredittobemorefamiliartousersbymaking it visually similar to the modern charts and graphs ofcompetitors..Piechartsanddoughnutchartsallowinformationtobeviewedinrelationtoawhole.
Why ask for home, work location and work hours?Weneedtheuser’smostcommonlocationinformationtoinformtheprogramwhenusersareatwork.Thesensorsandsoftwarecouldcalculatemood(stresslevels)atwork,atdifferenttimesofday,andatmeetingsincomparisonwithmoodathome.WealsohopedtousethisfeatureincombinationwithbuiltinGPStoinformtheuserwhenthey had exceeded their normal work hours and help them maintainormanagework-lifebalancegoals.
Why ask to confirm notifications?Theideabehindconfirmingactivitynotificationistwo-fold;ononehand,wegatheraccuratedataandbehaviorfromthe users, where we allow the user more control over what activities count toward their wellness goals, and on the otherhand,weremindusersoftheiractivityfortheday.With our one-click to “accept” or “edit” tasks, we try tokeeptheusersengagedandawareoftheirpatterns in a seamless and less-disruptive way.
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LABELA1
A1 MENU BUTTON
FINANCIAL BUTTON
PHYSICAL BUTTON
HOLISTIC WELL-NESS GRAPH
WORK-LIFEBUTTON
HEALTH AVATAR
NOTIFICATION CENTER
INITIAL GOAL SETUP BUTTON
INITIAL GOAL SETUP BUTTON
INITIAL GOAL SETUP BUTTON
ADD ACTIVITY BUTTON
SETTINGS
Opens menu drawer to easily access wellnesscategories&profile
Opensfinancialcategoryforsetupatinitialstart,andoverviewaftersetup.
Opensphysicalcategoryforsetupatinitialstart,andoverviewaftersetup.
Visualizes wellness category goal balance progress in the wellness.
OpensWork-Lifecategoryforsetupatinitialstart,andoverviewaftersetup.
Houses urgent prompts and visualizes yourwellnessstateforemotionalimpact.
Communicates needed actions and updatesforuser.
Visible only during initial set up, opens Work-Lifecategoryforsetup.
Visible only during initial set up, opens Financialcategoryforsetup.
Visible only during initial set up opens Physicalcategoryforsetup.
Visible on every screen so users can manually add an activity at any point.
EditSettingsfromanywhereintheapp. Settingsinclude:profile,AppNotifications
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A3A4
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A5 A5
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ELEMENT DESCRIPTION
ANNOTATED VISUALS
FIG. 3 - HOME: SET UP SCREEN
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ANNOTATED VISUALS
LABELB1
B1 HOME BUTTON
SPECIFIC PHYSICAL GOALSETUP BUTTONS
PHYSICAL BUTTON
SCROLL BAR
Opens menu drawer to easily access wellnesscategories&profile
Tap to edit or set up physical wellness Priorities within each subcategory.
Prioritize goal activity regimen.
Scrolling navigation through suggested nutrition goals.
B2
B3
B4B2
B3
B4
ELEMENT DESCRIPTION
FIG. 4 - PHYSICAL GOALS: SET UP PHYSICAL GOALS
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LABEL
C1 EDIT GOALS BUTTON
PHYSICAL GOAL PROGRESS VISUALIZATION
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY DETAIL
EDIT ACTIVITY
Opensgoalstofurtherspecifywhatareasofphysicalwellnessyouwouldliketosetgoalsforandmonitor.
Usercanviewprogressofspecific physical wellness goals.
Describes activity detail and physical category with date detail.
Allowsuserstomodifytheactivitytype,amount, category, and accuracy.
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C3
C4
ELEMENT DESCRIPTION
C3
C2
C1
C4
ANNOTATED VISUALS
FIG. 5 - VIEW PHYSICAL WELLNESS PROGRESS
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LABEL
D1 MENU BUTTON
SPECIFIC PHYSICAL GOALSETUP BUTTONS
ACTIVITY DETAIL AND DATE
ACCEPT ACTIVITY BUTTON
EDIT ACTIVITY
ACTIVITY CATEGORY
Opens menu drawer to easily access wellnesscategories&profile
Click to edit or set up physical wellness Priorities within each subcategory.
User activity with time-stamp.
Allowsusertoquicklyconfirm an activity.
Allows user to edit and customize an activity captured by Zenter.
Allows the user to immediately view an activity’s corresponding category.
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D3
D4
D5
D6
ELEMENT DESCRIPTIOND1
D2
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ANNOTATED VISUALS
FIG. 6 - HOME: VIEW WELLNESS OVERVIEW AND NOTIFICATIONS
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LABEL
E1CURRENT URGENT NOTIFICATIONS
NOTIFICATION DETAILS
PRESCRIPTIVE PROMPT LINK
NAVIGATE URGENT NOTIFICATIONS
Informstheuserofanurgentbehavior withwhichmayhavesomesignificant impact on their wellness.
Click on the hint to get more details about what the user can do
Navigation arrow appears when there are morethanoneurgentnotification. Enables users to navigate through prompts.
E2
E3
E4
ELEMENT DESCRIPTION
E4E3E2E1
ANNOTATED VISUALS
FIG. 7 - HOME: VIEW URGENT PROMPTS
Informstheuserofthenumberofcurrenturgentnotificationsthattheuser needs to address
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LABEL
F1HINT DETAILS: ACTIONABLE PROMPT
CLOSE HINT
PROMPT CATEGORY
Offersuseractionableplanforbalancingwellnessattheeventofsevereimbal-ance.
Enables user to close hint details
Informsuserwhichcategorypromptrelates to.
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ELEMENT DESCRIPTION
F1
F2F3
ANNOTATED VISUALS
FIG. 8 - HOME: VIEW URGENT PROMPTS AND HINT DETAIL
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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Interactive LearningZenter is a learning system that generates a predictive modelbasedontheuserinputagainstthedatafromthesensors,calendarevents,specificusergoals,etc.Themodel,initsinfancy,startsoffbeingveryblindandnon-specifictothecurrentuser,sotheinitialrecommendationsornotificationsmayormaynotberelevantoraccurate.Gradually, the user adds more data through sensors and provideslabelsbyconfirmingorcorrectingthealgorithm’soutputs. Through this interaction between the user and Zenter, the learning system improves its predictive capabilities over time. In addition, the learning system can constantlyadjustitselftotailortotheever-changinguser’sneedsifgivenenoughdataandlabels.
Contextualizing user dataZenteraggregatesdatafrombiometricsensors,externalsensors, location sensors, calendar, and past behavior patternstoattempttodrawanaccuratedepictionoftheuser’scurrentcontext.Whileitisoutofscopeforthisdesignspecificationtodiveintothedetailofthealgorithmusedtocontextualizeuserdata,hereweillustrateafewexamplesofhowuserdatacanbeincorporatedintoZenter. By combining the user’s location data with work or homelocationinformationprovidedintheprofilescreen,Zenterwillhaveamoreaccuratepredictionofwhetherornot the user is at home or at work when certain behavior
patterns are witnessed. We can use the user’s calendar as anothersourceofinformationtofigureoutiftheuserisgoing to be in a meeting and suggest activities based on thatinformation.Commonbiometricsensorssuchasaheartratemonitorandelectrodermalsensorscanbeusefulnotonlyfordeterminingtheuser’sphysicalwellbeingbutalsofordetectingmoodorstresssignals.Becausesomestressfactorsaregoodwhilesomecanhaveanegativeimpact on the users, combining the stress signals with a moreaccuratepredictionoftheuser’scurrentactivitycanenhance Zenter’s recommendation system.
Contextualizing user data allows Zenter to provide two outputs,whichwediscussfurtherinthenexttwosections:(1)recommendationofpotentialactivitiestomeetcertainunmetgoals,and(2)user’sactivitynotificationsthatpotentiallymeetcertaingoalsforuserconfirmationormodification.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
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Activity RecommendationsOur user research indicated that users want more actionableinsightorinterpretationoftheirdata.Zenter’s learning algorithm will analyze the user’s past performances,currentenvironment,userspecifiedgoals,andcurrentwellnessstatetoidentifyareasofimprovement.Forexample,iftheusertendstoworklonger hours than desired, her physical wellness category isfallingbehind,andhermeetingin20minutesisinabuildinghalf-mileaway,Zenterwillalerttheusertowalktothe next meeting destination and illustrate how this activity could impact and balance her overall wellness.
Activity NotificationsOur user research concluded that users quickly lose motivation when they are required to manually input data towards goals (e.g. Lose It! and logging detailed nutrition information).Inordertohelptheusersfromhavingtologtheir individual activities, Zenter tries to interpret the user’s behaviorandcontextualizetheinformationtocomeupwithapredictionforanactivitythatbestdescribestheirbehavior. A user may be engaged in an activity that can be counted toward a goal they have set up. For example, the user talks on the phone with his sister for20minutesonthewayhomefromwork.BecauseZenternoticesthechangesinuserbehaviorfromthecalllogsandthelocationsensor,itclassifiestheeventasanactionthatcouldbeusedtowardsthework-lifebalancecategoryandalertstheuserwithanactivitynotification.
Ifthenotificationiscorrect,theusercanquicklyconfirmthenotificationtoaddtowardsthesuggestedgoal.Ifthenotificationisincorrect,theusercanedititsdetailsandthisinformationwillfeedbackintothesystemtoimproveitspredictive model.
Data VisualizationExistingproductsrelatedtofitness,nutritionorfinancesprovide numerous charts that only visualize the measurementstakenbythesensorsordatacollectedfromtheuser.Ourusersrespondedtothese[existingfitnessactivity]chartsas“nicegraphs”thatprovidelittlemeaningregardinginterpretationofwhatthatdatameantinterms ofpositiveornegativeconsequencesontheirhealth. Zenter’s learning system will interpret the measurements bythesensorscombinedwithuserspecifiedgoalsandbehavioral pattern recognition to provide a simple and intuitivevisualizationoftheuser’scurrentwellnessstate.SincethegoalofZenteristohelptheuserbalancevariouswellness categories, we visualize the user’s current state in a circle which helps recognize the obvious imbalance. As theuserconfirmsactivitiestowardeachcategory,thecirclewillfillupvisuallytogiveimmediatefeedbackfromtheuserinput and to show progress towards completing the goals in each category.
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FUTURE WORKMovingforwardwiththeproject,ourinitialstepwouldbetocontinuetoiterateonusabilityteststoconfirmthevalueourmodificationsaddtotheapplication.Anotherfuturestepthatisvitalforthecurrentprogressoftheprojectisto run AB tests in order to determine which graphic and interactive visualization elements work best and are more intuitiveforourusers.InordertoproperlyassistouruserswiththerecommendationfeaturewewouldliketodofurtherresearchthefortheAIalgorithmandhowwecanbuild a database and pair a recommendation with a user. Thefollowingstepwouldbetoexpandthescopeoftheapplication. Our current scope limited the project to only threeoftheeightwellnesscategoriesthatwediscoveredwere important in our initial research. Following the additionofthesecategoriestheapplicationasawholewouldchangetoaccommodateforthefunctionalityneeded to support them. We would research how much dataawearablecollectsandhowwecanunifyallexistingsensors and metrics to support to support holistic wellness measurements. When we explored the vast wearable device market, we noticed a gap in the way that the users are presentedwithactivitydata.Itmadenorealsummaryofwhat these numbers meant and sometimes only provided micro views. We would like to either conduct research into howthewellnesscategoriesdependandaffecteachotherorfindanexpertinthefieldtoassistusinourdevelopmentgoalsinordertoofferthemostcomprehensivewellnesstool available to users today.
FUTURE WORK