During the summer of my freshman year in university, I took up a module that allows students
to develop whatever projects they wish to. Wrecking my head, I spent days trying to look for a
problem to solve.
At the same time, I was very busy with moving, as my family bought a new home at that time.
So, whilst juggling with brainstorming ideas for my project, I was bugged by my parents to measure
and take photos of
empty spaces at home so they could refer to it while they shopped for furniture.
A light bulb lit above my head. That was my brother turning on the light switch. Then, the idea hit me -
let's make
an app that leverages on AR technology to visualize furniture at home! I spent the summer researching
and hacking together a crude app that works entirely on the front-end. It's something. Then, towards the end,
my project got voted the top 3 best project among hundreds of others. We've since come a long way,
acquiring
a $10000 grant from the school, to further the idea as well as onboarding capable and driven members.