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Splash Screen
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Natural Resources Saved Screen
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Brows/Map Screen
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List View Screen
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Item Description Screen
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Initial Camera Screen
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Camera Screen
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AR Screen
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Code snippet (React Native)
Inspiration
We were inspired by the success of StoopingNYC, a grassroots Instagram page dedicated to spreading information about the best furniture finds on the streets (that would otherwise be thrown away) of New York City. Stooping NYC posts photos of furniture with the location in the caption, but we have reimagined this practice in a way to be much more convenient to have this information organized in a mobile app with map-based and list-based viewing options. Hence, Reclaim.
What it does
Reclaim essentially streamlines the commonly practiced hobby of Stooping here in New York City. Users can browse lists of abandoned items or search for specific pieces (e.g. “chairs, desks, coffee tables, etc.”). They can also look at the map to see what is available nearby, since transporting heavy furniture items can be challenging. Each item’s display shows a photo, description, address, and relative distance. Stoopers can also see if an item is still there, or if someone else got to it first. In addition, Reclaim-users can take advantage of augmented reality to scan their living space and see if a piece will fit before lugging it all the way home, along with an AI-assisted camera which furniture sharers can use to swiftly identify and sort what category of furniture their item belongs in.
How we built it
Utilizing Figma as the whiteboard for our collective ideas and visions within our team, we were able to effectively create a prototype of Reclaim using the popularly used framework (created by Meta) React Native. Though the app was built from the ground up, we implemented some already established tools such as Google Maps’ API for showing locations of dropped off furniture, machine learning models using Teachable Machine, and UI libraries for styling our designs.
Challenges we ran into
With our team pulling all-nighters the past two days we found ourselves completely exhausted, yet content with the final demo we had created. On the more technical side, we found that linking Google Maps’ API to the browse page was one of our most difficult tasks as dropping multiple pins was also an obstacle. For all of us, React Native was fairly an abstract framework, that took some time to learn, but after reading much documentation we were able to understand the gist of the language.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
Being able to bring our collective team vision into a functioning app within such a tight turn-around time of 48 hours was something that each of us is proud of. Knowing that we can develop our ideas into prototypes and demos in a timely manner gives us the confidence to build out future ideas.
What we learned
As a team, we all became familiar with how React Native works, using API keys, and whiteboard in Figma through developing Reclaim. We also learned the importance of communication and connectivity when working in a team with a common goal.
What's next for Reclaim
We believe Reclaim to be a long overdue app for all of New York City, with that said, our team is intending on building out Reclaim to completion in the coming weeks. With ironing out the functionality of the app, linking AWS servers, and marketing Reclaim’s service to be free of use to everyone.
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