AccessiBeauty

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Final Kiosk Design
MidJourney Samples - Final round
MidJourney - Sample Upscale Output
MidJourney Samples - Work In Progress

Inspiration

The rise of self-service kiosks have become an integral part of the shopping experience and consumer expectations. They offer:

Faster customer service
More control over transactions
Help build brand affinity
Appeal to shoppers looking for a more modern and easy experience

If you have sight, hearing or mobility limitations, the advantages of self-service terminals (SSTs) such as self-checkouts and interactive kiosks can become a drawback if customers with disabilities can’t enjoy the same access as others.

What it does

By taking a multi-modal approach that accounts for a variety of different physical limitations, AccessiBeauty ensures that everyone has equal access to the opportunities and experiences that Estee Lauder products provide. The kiosk takes into account the variety of different physical limitations, including those related to seeing, hearing, mobility, and the spectrum of disability.

Audio descriptions and high-contrast colors to ensure that the content is easily visible for the vision impaired
For hearing impairments, closed captions and visual notifications will be provided to indicate important information
Designed to be barrier-free with enough space to accommodate a wheelchair or mobility device
Touch screens are carefully positioned at an appropriate height, and tactile buttons will be provided to ensure that those with limited dexterity
Accommodate different learning styles and provide sensory-friendly environments
Provide assistance from service animals, specialized equipment, and customized user interfaces

With the use of lidar scanning and mapping technologies, the AccessiBeauty kiosk can accurately detect a user's facial structure, hair type, and skin tone. This information is used to provide personalized recommendations on skincare, hair care, and makeup products that would best suit the user's unique features. AI visual analysis feature of the kiosk further enhances its capabilities by analyzing the user's skin, identifying areas that require special attention, such as blemishes, wrinkles, or dark circles.

The augmented reality virtual try on technologies allow users to preview different makeup looks and product applications in real-time. This feature provides users with a unique opportunity to experiment with different makeup looks and colors before making a purchase. Finally, the kiosk recommends accessible beauty tech applicator products that consumers can use in conjunction with their beauty products .In addition, the kiosk generates custom instructions and tutorials on how to apply the makeup purchase. These instructions are sent to the user's homes to assist them in recreating the looks they created at the kiosk making it easy for them to follow along.

How we built it

This ELC hackathon provided an ample opportunity to learn and create with the latest AI tool to help generate the images, text, voice-to-text, audio fx, and animated visual components of our presentation. Our team was able to leverage online tools Chat GPT, MidJourney, Wellsaidlabs, Canva, Pexels, and Photopea.

Challenges we ran into

Time was the most critical element, or not having enough time, as team members are either working professionals and fulltime students. We tried to maximize the limited time we were able to spend on this hackathon.

Accomplishments that we're proud of / What we learned

Working together as a team for the first time and ideating what concept we were going to develop and present was the most enjoyable aspects of the process. And getting this real-time opportunity of having to deliver a proposal using some the latest AI tools to generate content to match our vision. It seems inevitable for future hackathon submissions and real-world projects these burgeoning AI toolsets will become critical in developing presentation content using prompt procedural generation. Getting to use these AI tools provided a glimpse of that future.