Hacker News new | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit login

I actually pulled this up on last weeks startup weekend and we made some prototypes.

We tried it first with streetview, where you walk around and learn new words on a different language. We have the best results when we combined it, with a special spelling where the letters were objects also. (like in elementary school, for example "A" is for Apple) Like that you will remember the objects and not just some random characters.

The "let's go for a walk" and the "stay in this room" mobile versions are still in the pocket, so let me know what do you think about this.




Where can I have a look at them? (I don't know what you refer as "pocket")


I am sorry they are not online now. By pocket I mean ideas we haven't tried out yet. I imagine the mobile app version to have 3 separete functionality, and we only covered 1,5

1. "I would rather sit" Is a streetview walkaround with predefined routes. 2. "I want to stay in this room" Is an AR version where you walk around in your room and place the words where you want. 3. "Let's go for a walk" Would give you new words when you stop somewhere in the city.

Of course there are other task and opportunities, like testing, spaced repetition, linkwords etc and unfortunately the team got separeted now (both in space and in thinking) so I am not sure if I would make this project hight priority...

Still I would love to hear your toughts.




Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: