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O'friends: A Platform for Reconnecting with Old Relationships

Yichen Wang introduces O'friends, a mobile application aimed at addressing the emerging health issue of loneliness, especially among young individuals, by providing a platform for reconnecting with old relationships. The app focuses on fostering and nurturing meaningful, long-lasting friendships, acknowledging the challenges of connecting over long distances.

O'friends, built with React Native, offers cross-platform compatibility and a user-centric design. It features cloud-based solutions for scalable data storage and robust security measures to protect user privacy. The app's special friend list panel displays friends based on time zones and locations, enhancing availability tracking. O'friends also offers voice messages, photo sharing, prompts of activities, and a virtual home for shared memories.

The app encourages interaction through daily status updates, simplified engagement options, and real-time communication in the "Room" feature. O'friends was exhibited in New York, following a project duration from June 2021 to November 2022, and was awarded the Bronze A' Design Award in 2024 for its innovative approach to fostering human connections.

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