Opportunity Space

For people who collaborate remotely, they need to update their progress constantly with each other. Even though there are multiple online team collaboration tools (e.g., Kanban board, Trello) that help teams stay informed of each other's work progress, they also deprive people of opportunities to interact and develop good relationships with each other. How might we create devices that help remote teammates communicate their work progress in an enjoyable way?

Proposed Solution

We created paired devices, Progress Bar, that allow a person to communicate his progress on a remote physical display. When users make progress on their work, they will slide an indicator on their side. The move of indicator triggers the LED strip on the other device to change, reflecting the updated work progress. Similarly, if their teammates have moved the progress indicator, they will see a change of LED strip on their side.