Windy City Tour GuideSCOTT J. KRIEDERILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYHACK CHICAGO

Problem Statement

Chicago is the 3rd largest city in the world A lot of tourism, still drive new audience to visit the city -> spend money Improve tourist satisfaction -> drive repeat visits

Too many things to see and do Museums Landmarks Architecture Tours Zoo’s

Goal: Utilize mobile and desktop to make decisions about what to visit. Integrate with social technologies

Live Demo and Learning Points

Windows Phone 8.1 Windows 8

AppStuido for Windows Phone and Windows Phone 8.1 Rapid Prototyping

Still requires tweaks to the code Chicago News Feeds

Children Friendly

Conclusions and Future Work

Simple easy to use tour guide application Allows you to research and preview Chicago area hotspots

Supported Platforms Windows 8.1 Windows Phone 8

Future Support Windows Phone 8.1 Voice Search Hook into Wikipedia for landmark/monument information Maps integration

Questions? Windows 8.1 Windows Phone 8

http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/windy-city-tour-guide/a582c990-1879-48dc-872e-862c4bd4d4c7

Scott J. Krieder @skrieder http://scottkrieder.com skrieder@outlook.com