Biometric Ski Mobile App
Through a few networking connections, we had the tremendous opportunity to pitch a concept for a biometric ski mobile app to be tested by the US Ski team in partnership with Spyder performance apparel. At the time, this was a top secret skunkworks project when biometrics were becoming the rage.
High-Level User Needs
- Accuratly measure key health metrics during a run
- Prevent the need to constantly remove gloves for recording timing
- Improve times using performance metrics
Solutions
- Pair phone with Samsung Gear headphones to record biometrics
- Detect decent and end of run using phone’s barometer
- Automagically record all the days runs with analytics
Samsung Gear Earbuds
The Samsung Gear Earbuds were a perfect fit for our needs. They can record heart rate, VO2, and calories burned. At this point, they would still have to be paired to a phone that the athlete would need to wear.
User Flow UX
Here is a visual of thinking through the user journey and the UX through mid-fidelity wireframes.
UI Concepts
Here are just a few screenshots of the UI. The brand is really fun to work with. I was really inspired by some of the Nike’s run tracking apps.
