AR-tisanal Coffee

An instructional AR, and phone-agnostic application that leads you through the many steps of making a great pour-over coffee with a Hario-V60

Roles

Software Engineer Team Lead

Technologies

Unity C# ARCore

AR Coffee Screenshot of a live camera, with 3D coffee objects augmented onto the screen with instructions guiding the user

This application teaches users to make better coffee with a pour-over method using specifically the Hario-V60, a pillar in artisan coffee-houses. The app guides with using AR to make good coffee using 3D models and animation. The app was created with a great 3-person team under the XRTerra VR program.

Neat Stuff

  • The app allows users to try different recipes for their pour-over that vary in coffee to water ratio and timing
  • Users can save their favorite recipes and take pictures for reference of their success
  • The app is modular and can expand to any type of step-by-step instructional AR app
  • The app works on multiple surfaces and has audio feedback for all interactions
    • Room For Improvement

  • Object tracking was difficult to keep locked in the moving plane, so we opted for 3D augmentation instead
  • Our UI could use some tightening up, the multiple phones tested with had some issues in scaling
  • With only 1 week of development, we fell short of the extended features we wanted like object scaling and object caching
  • We would have liked the object to be more interactive, with finger-press rotating instead of the ‘next’ buttons

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