The reason we have chosen to do simulation is because we wanted to create cute personalised worlds that were filled with things that we loved. When we as a group were discussing things that gave us a sense of stress relief and happiness, it turned out that we all had different views towards it. One of us thought more about food and drinks, and another one of us thought about completely different things, such as furniture and fantasy worlds. This gave us an opportunity to make different worlds that had different representations of happiness.

In today's fast-paced society, university students succumb to stress and often lose sight of the little things and cherished memories that offer them the most happiness. The "Happiness Aventure" initiative uses augmented reality (AR) to help students remember the little things that can make them happy and realise that they shouldn't feel too burdened by stress.

Considering the fact that our project centred around the theme of "Happiness," our objective was to emphasise the use of soft-bright pastel colours. This decision was collectively agreed upon due to the belief that pastels not only stimulate feelings of happiness but also create a sense of tranquillity. We kept our design minimalistic. The reason for this is that it is stylish and attractive. The simplicity minimises distractions by focusing the viewer's attention on what we want them to see. There are no sophisticated elements, so a user may quickly access our content. It also adapts itself well to a responsive design.

As mentioned, we are using soft pastel colours for our overall theme and aesthetic, as these colours represent "Spring" and brighter days, which lift people’s spirits. These colours are best described as upbeat, joyful, and energetic. The colours we used include soft blue-white, light-mellow yellow, soft light pink, a shade of blue and a darker one.

We are using Helvetica as our main font. Helvetica's greatest strength is its "neutral" nature. Because it is balanced and impartial, it can be used in a wide range of settings and applications. This is a font that rides the line between classic and modern, conservative and edgy, or elegant and relaxed.

Here are some inspiring works of augmented reality that relate to our topic. One of our primary goals is to create 3D items for our artefact. We imagine them to be bright, vibrant, and immersive.

Earlier stages

Andreas told us to build a stronger foundation. In order to help design our artefacts, we need to ask ourselves what is stress? It could be hunger, A feeling that can’t be explained, furniture, underwater feeling, etc. By identifying this, it makes the concept and the visual stronger.

Jo gave us the feedback that using cards might not be that popular in today’s world, since most of the things we have are digital and it might not be a good idea to use cards unless we have a better rationale for it. She gave us the idea of creating stickers, which might be more interesting for some people. Vikas gave us the idea of creating location-based ARs like Pokemon Go.

To summarise, we all have distinct stress narratives and we all react to stress differently, either by doing things or mixing scenarios. Also remember not to be stuck with the end product! Remember to show findings, research, and experiments. Things might change.

Week 13 feedbacks

Before our finished outcome, the feedback from the lecturers was not the best. This was because we could still do a lot more to improve our work and we didn’t have enough time to do so yet. Since we had to create the AR world in a make-believe way, we had to make sure the video was convincing enough and the lecturers told us that we haven’t achieved that yet and we needed to put in more effort into the video.

After these feedbacks though, our final outcome worked so much better and our friends have told us that our final video looked like an actual campaign which we were happy with because that was our end goal.

As a team, our biggest achievement was to be able to go through all our obstacles and was able to create a convincing final video campaign despite the limited amount of time that we had after our Week 13 presentation. We were able to find many ways that we could improve our project and put more effort into many little details to make it look more convincing. One thing that we adore about this team is that with the many negative or unsatisfactory feedbacks we never give up and take them as a way to improve rather than feeling too down about it.