AR for Irrigation
We created an AR application that enables irrigation engineers to convince farmers through demonstrating the benefits of using the technology on their land without making the initial investment.
Demo Video
Problem
Irrigation engineers are having a hard time convincing farmers to adopt the irrigation technology.
How can AR/VR help irrigation technology?
Production of Crops in Africa suffers from farmers not adapting technology.
Farmers are less likely to produce more crops because of global warming.
Farmers don’t believe the technology can help their production in their own land.
Research
In order to understand how irrigation engineers are pitching their technology to the farmers and what factors affect farmers’ decision, we connected with experts in Africa.
Literature Review
The most commonly used irrigation technologies in Rwanda are drip system and sprinkler.
Irrigation consists of the different sub-system, which is complicated to comprehend for farmers. The way of training farmers now is to take the system apart and teach each component separately.
Domain Expert Interview
Ideation
In order to understand how irrigation engineers are pitching their technology to the farmers and what factors affect farmers’ decision, we connected with experts in Africa.
Storyboard
Prototype
After gaining information we need, we brainstormed a series of ideas that leverage ARkit on iOS to demonstrate an irrigation training experience.