In 2015, "Oppous," a software development company in Caracas, Venezuela, wanted to create an app so that people could date through videos. I was part of the entire product life cycle, with a team of a product owner and three developers,

Scope

Create an application that helps young adults meet and interact through videos and feel safe while doing so.

My role

• UX researcher
• Interaction Designer.
• Visual Designer.

Validating the idea

Focus Groups

To understand the young adult's needs and pains about dating and validate the project's main scope. I conduct focus group sessions with ten university students from 18 to 24 years. I asked this question to them:

"¿How is your experience while dating online?"

I chose five with a bad experience and five with a good experience, then mixed them into two groups to discuss these open-ended questions:

• ¿What are you expecting while dating online?
• ¿How do you feel while dating online?
• ¿How do you start a conversation?

While listening to them, I could gather these insights: