Im gonna start by brainstorming some ideas for this project by simply putting it into a spider diagram, i did this consistently last year whenever i was at this stage of a project and i feel it always helped me out greatly.
I made a quick mind map in class and spat out lots of different topics and tried to get as much out of each topic as i could with something obviously being related to them, i also tried to match up two different ideas from outside of the topics to see what i could make out of them.
I mainly targeted all different kinds of industries and topics really to begin with and i tried to expand in some of them ideas, i was happy with the idea of heading towards a more sports based idea because i feel there is a lot to work with especially in this day and age with a lot of sports becoming more and more popular it would be good to have an extra sports app that you can look at with just your watch.
But i also took a liking to having the idea of a travel service, whether it was for a bus or train or even whenever you are in need of a taxi or an Uber, and i think that this would work really well because they are things that millions of people use every day so it would be good if i can design something that makes it a lot easier for you to travel.
So it was them two main ideas i was hoping to go for and make more sense out of, so i sketched out another mini mind map with the sports and travel ideas just to see if i could get anymore out of them.
Overall i think i came up with two really good ideas with the first one being based off of a taxi/Uber service, where with a simple click of a button the watch will search for near-by drivers who are free to collect you and with that it also would send them your precise location and the jobs done. I think that this would be a really smart thing to create as you can often find yourself standing in a taxi rank waiting or constantly phoning and searching where as the watch will do it for you.
The second idea i was aiming towards was for the watch to be able to tell you and read the speed of both your golf ball and your golf swing, for professional and even up and coming golfers this would be helpful, so that they can see how consistent they may or may not be when it comes to striking a ball.
In general i was happy with the idea of the golf screens as i think that they are really interesting and helpful and i also think that they would be nice ones to design, but i have decided to go with the taxi idea as i feel this would apply to a lot more people that the golfing one would and it would also be very helpful.
I went off and researched what the biggest and most common problems are with taxi services around the world, i found that, the most common problems with taxi services can change depending on the location, but several recurring issues are reported by customers worldwide. These issues often revolve around service quality, reliability, and cost.
Normal taxi services can often be difficult to book, especially when they are compared to app-based services like ‘Uber’ and ‘Lyft’. Issues include difficulty in finding a taxi, unreliable phone booking systems, or the absence of convenient taxi apps.