{"id":25,"date":"2014-03-05T20:27:03","date_gmt":"2014-03-05T20:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/orion\/?page_id=25"},"modified":"2023-07-14T14:29:58","modified_gmt":"2023-07-14T14:29:58","slug":"team-orion","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/orion\/","title":{"rendered":"Team Orion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are Team Orion, and we are the developers behind <i>LeapIn.it<\/i>, a social network which encourages people to form groups based on their personal interests. LeapIn.it provides users with a barcode scanner which can be used to access rooms unique to barcodes and QR-codes found on products and promotional material. The video below demonstrates our prototype of LeapIn.it.<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/youtu.be\/Rq09i_06i_Y<\/p>\n<p>This blog documents the conception and development of LeapIn.it, through to the creation and evaluation of three prototypes. You can navigate the blog using the contents list below, the section headers above or as a blog. The tags are also displayed on the right, such that you can view posts about particular topics.<\/p>\n<h2>Contents<\/h2>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/orion\/category\/introduction\/\">Introduction<\/a><\/h3><ul class=\"lcp_catlist\" id=\"lcp_instance_0\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/orion\/introduction\/introducing-team-orion\/\">Introducing Team Orion<\/a><span class=\"byline\">  3rd March 2014<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/orion\/introduction\/why-social-networks\/\">Why social networks?<\/a><span class=\"byline\">  4th March 2014<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/orion\/category\/planning\/\">Planning<\/a><\/h3><ul class=\"lcp_catlist\" id=\"lcp_instance_0\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/orion\/planning\/ideas-development\/\">Ideas development<\/a><span class=\"byline\">  5th March 2014<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/orion\/planning\/our-motivation\/\">A gaming experience social network?<\/a><span class=\"byline\">  6th March 2014<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/orion\/planning\/a-user-perspective\/\">A gaming experience social network? A user perspective<\/a><span class=\"byline\">  7th March 2014<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/orion\/planning\/a-virtual-world-social-network\/\">A virtual world social network?<\/a><span class=\"byline\">  10th March 2014<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/orion\/planning\/a-virtual-world-social-network-a-user-perspective\/\">A virtual world social network? A user perspective<\/a><span class=\"byline\">  13th March 2014<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/orion\/planning\/initial-time-plan\/\">Initial time plan<\/a><span class=\"byline\">  15th March 2014<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/orion\/planning\/minutes-of-meetings\/\">Minutes of meetings<\/a><span class=\"byline\">  16th March 2014<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/orion\/planning\/revised-time-plan\/\">Revised time plan<\/a><span class=\"byline\">  13th April 2014<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/orion\/category\/academic-background\/\">Academic Background<\/a><\/h3><ul class=\"lcp_catlist\" id=\"lcp_instance_0\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/orion\/academic-background\/academia-gaming-social-networks\/\">Academia: Gaming Social Networks<\/a><span class=\"byline\">  8th March 2014<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/orion\/academic-background\/academia-virtual-worlds\/\">Academia: Virtual Worlds<\/a><span class=\"byline\">  25th March 2014<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/orion\/academic-background\/academia-quick-response-codes-and-bar-codes\/\">Academia: Quick Response Codes and Bar Codes<\/a><span class=\"byline\">  27th March 2014<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/orion\/academic-background\/academia-homophily-heterophily\/\">Academia: Homophily-Heterophily<\/a><span class=\"byline\">  3rd April 2014<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/orion\/academic-background\/academia-sharing-behaviors-among-social-networks-users\/\">Academia: Sharing behaviors among the users of social networks<\/a><span class=\"byline\">  5th April 2014<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/orion\/academic-background\/academia-avatars-in-online-communities\/\">Academia: Avatars in online communities<\/a><span class=\"byline\">  26th April 2014<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/orion\/category\/analysis\/\">Analysis<\/a><\/h3><ul class=\"lcp_catlist\" id=\"lcp_instance_0\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/orion\/analysis\/analysis-of-existing-systems\/\">Existing systems: social networks<\/a><span class=\"byline\">  7th March 2014<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/orion\/analysis\/existing-similar-gaming-social-networks-part-1\/\">Existing systems: gaming social networks<\/a><span class=\"byline\">  9th March 2014<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/orion\/analysis\/two-existing-virtual-world-2\/\">Existing systems: virtual worlds<\/a><span class=\"byline\">  11th March 2014<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/orion\/analysis\/survey-design\/\">Survey design<\/a><span class=\"byline\">  19th March 2014<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/orion\/analysis\/mobile-devices\/\">Mobile devices<\/a><span class=\"byline\">  22nd March 2014<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/orion\/analysis\/related-news-items-in-the-tech-media\/\">Related news: items from tech media<\/a><span class=\"byline\">  26th March 2014<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/orion\/analysis\/functional-requirements\/\">Functional Requirements<\/a><span class=\"byline\">  27th March 2014<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/orion\/analysis\/nonfunctional-requirements-2\/\">Non-Functional Requirements<\/a><span class=\"byline\">  28th March 2014<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/orion\/analysis\/the-business-model\/\">The business model<\/a><span class=\"byline\">  31st March 2014<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/orion\/analysis\/use-case-diagram\/\">Use case diagram<\/a><span class=\"byline\">  1st April 2014<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/orion\/analysis\/the-latest-news-about-social-network\/\">Related news: items from popular culture<\/a><span class=\"byline\">  2nd April 2014<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/orion\/analysis\/dfd-context-diagram\/\">Context-level data flow diagram<\/a><span class=\"byline\">  2nd April 2014<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/orion\/analysis\/survey-results\/\">Results of the survey<\/a><span class=\"byline\">  20th April 2014<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/orion\/category\/design\/\">Design<\/a><\/h3><ul class=\"lcp_catlist\" id=\"lcp_instance_0\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/orion\/design\/mockups\/\">Mockups<\/a><span class=\"byline\">  28th March 2014<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/orion\/design\/branding\/\">Branding<\/a><span class=\"byline\">  3rd April 2014<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/orion\/design\/two-scenarios-of-using-leap-in-it-social-network\/\">Scenarios: Users using LeapIn.it<\/a><span class=\"byline\">  4th April 2014<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/orion\/design\/class-diagram\/\">Class and EER Diagram<\/a><span class=\"byline\">  4th April 2014<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/orion\/design\/architecture-overview\/\">Architecture overview<\/a><span class=\"byline\">  4th April 2014<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/orion\/design\/linking-similar-rooms-and-room-clustering\/\">Linking similar rooms and room clustering<\/a><span class=\"byline\">  7th April 2014<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/orion\/design\/privacy-in-leap-in-it-system\/\">Privacy in LeapIn.it<\/a><span class=\"byline\">  7th April 2014<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/orion\/design\/a-scenario-for-using-leapin-it-system-by-a-comapny-representative\/\">Scenarios: Companies using LeapIn.it<\/a><span class=\"byline\">  9th April 2014<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/orion\/design\/revised-mockups-and-the-honeycomb\/\">Revised mockups and the Honeycomb<\/a><span class=\"byline\">  11th April 2014<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/orion\/design\/other-social-ethical-and-legal-considerations\/\">Social, ethical and legal considerations<\/a><span class=\"byline\">  17th April 2014<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/orion\/design\/semantic-web-ontology-design\/\">Semantic Web &#8211; an ontology for LeapIn.it<\/a><span class=\"byline\">  24th April 2014<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/orion\/category\/implementation\/\">Implementation<\/a><\/h3><ul class=\"lcp_catlist\" id=\"lcp_instance_0\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/orion\/implementation\/methods-of-access\/\">Methods of access<\/a><span class=\"byline\">  6th April 2014<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/orion\/implementation\/development-environment\/\">Development environment<\/a><span class=\"byline\">  7th April 2014<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/orion\/implementation\/initial-prototype\/\">Prototype 1: Mobile interface<\/a><span class=\"byline\">  10th April 2014<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/orion\/implementation\/prototype-barcode-scanning\/\">Prototype 2: Barcode scanning<\/a><span class=\"byline\">  22nd April 2014<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/orion\/implementation\/screenshots-from-the-implemented-application\/\">Prototype 3: LeapIn.it app<\/a><span class=\"byline\">  27th April 2014<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/orion\/implementation\/libraries\/\">Design Patterns, Libraries and APIs<\/a><span class=\"byline\">  28th April 2014<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/orion\/implementation\/code-metrics\/\">Testing and code quality<\/a><span class=\"byline\">  29th April 2014<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/orion\/implementation\/code-availability\/\">Code availability<\/a><span class=\"byline\">  1st May 2014<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/orion\/implementation\/leapin-it-rest-api\/\">LeapIn.it REST API<\/a><span class=\"byline\">  2nd May 2014<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/orion\/category\/evaluation\/\">Evaluation<\/a><\/h3><ul class=\"lcp_catlist\" id=\"lcp_instance_0\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/orion\/evaluation\/usability-evaluation-of-leapin-it\/\">Usability evaluation of Leapin.it<\/a><span class=\"byline\">  28th April 2014<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/orion\/evaluation\/the-outcomes-of-the-usability-evaluation-of-leapin-it\/\">The outcomes of the usability evaluation of Leapin.it<\/a><span class=\"byline\">  28th April 2014<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/orion\/evaluation\/marketing-and-pitching\/\">Marketing and pitching<\/a><span class=\"byline\">  1st May 2014<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/orion\/evaluation\/future-work\/\">Conclusion and Future work<\/a><span class=\"byline\">  2nd May 2014<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are Team Orion, and we are the developers behind LeapIn.it, a social network which encourages people to form groups based on their personal interests. LeapIn.it provides users with a barcode scanner which can be used to access rooms unique to barcodes and QR-codes found on products and promotional material. 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