Bring peace of mind to the family road trip
Long road trips with kids aren't always fun fests. But they are doable, and at times even enjoyable. How to improve the experience of driving with kids, especially long-distance travel?. It is not only for the family member but also for the young adults who want to go on a road trip with friends. Apps can interact with cars and people on the go, helping to make long distance travel with family fun. The app using autonomous sensor technology that makes every traveler participate with random quizzes such as related to the local place where pass by or simple trivia game.
The facts about family road trip
Love road trips
with their families
Screen time
cause of stress
“Are we there yet?”
cause of stress keeping their kids entertained
Survey and results : 11 responses
I conducted a user survey via Google Forms with the following questions and also I interviewed the users in-person. I've surveyed several travel websites to create questions, and I've been able to find useful information about what families faced when they were traveling on a long trip by car.
Based on the survey and interviews
Unlike expectations, the parent wants to spend
time with their kids in the car. They want to play the game with kids, and they don’t want to let their
kids watch movies for a few hours.
CarPlay and autonomous sensor
I summarized the feature lists of applications. To solve the problem, I am using the autonomous sensor technology and GPS. I could think of several use cases when using these technologies.
AI GAME
Knowledge-based Game
Counting Game
Scavenger Game
COLLABORATE PLAYLIST
As a reward share each member’s playlist
and play winner’s song
POI NAVIGATION
As a reward share each member’s POI lists and go to winner’s place
SMART ENTERTAINING
Voice Control
Technology Diagram
Sarah and Her husband Jack
Sarah and her family plan to travel this summer. She has a 6-years old son and a 10-years old daughter. Her family tried a long trip a year ago, but her family felt stressed while on the road. This year her family is going to Grand Canyon from San Francisco, which will take almost 10 hours by car. Her friend suggests the CarUs app and she wants to try out this application. When they are going to go to travel, Sarah downloaded the application and she was able to connect the application to CarPlay via Bluetooth. When they left for about two hours, kids start to complain and get bored. Sarah and her husband were annoyed and tired. Sarah suggests play the game with CarUs, and the whole family starts to share their playlists before they participate game.
Sarah and Her husband Jack
Kimberly and Ryan
Kimberly and Ryan were excited to go to travel with their parents, but they always felt bored and tired on the road. This time they brought devices but after a few hours, without wi-fi, there were many things to do. Their mom suggested playing the new game with CarUs application. Kimberly pick her favorite song and send to CarPlay, Ryan want to eat the sandwich for lunch, he picks Subway for next stop.
Kimberly and Ryan
Using autonomous technology, apps can be useful when users travel long distances in a car. They can spend quality time with family or friends on the road. Parents do not always have to help children and children can interact with the environment or things they pass by. Through this experience, the app can provide knowledge to children and have fun in a boring time. Give a child a reward, the children and parents will become more engaged. The challenge is to design an interface that is easy for young children to use. Because considering work with different platforms from CarPlay screen, mobile and tablet device should makes smooth user flow. I’ll test with first version of design, and make iteration for next step.