UT Austin Virtual AI-Guided Campus Tour + Productivity App

Prototype React Native (Expo) app scaffold for a UT Austin themed virtual campus tour with resources and schedule features.

Getting started

1. Install dependencies

cd "c:/Users/ahnaf/Downloads/HackTX"
npm install

2. Start Expo

npm start

Alternatively

npx expo start --tunnel

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3. Run on a simulator or device using the Expo dev tools.

Project structure

• App.js - entry point, navigation
• src/screens/* - main screens (Home, Map, Resources, Schedule, Details)
• src/components/* - small UI components
• data/* - sample JSON data (map, resources, schedule)

Extending map / data

• Update data/map.json to add or edit buildings. Each feature is a GeoJSON Feature with properties: id, name, description, category.
• Resources and schedule JSON are in data/resources.json and data/schedule.json.

Assumptions

• Using Expo-managed workflow for fast prototyping.
• react-native-maps is used for mapping (requires native setup for some features; Expo provides compatibility via the managed workflow).
• AI-guided narration is mocked with scripted steps; real AI integration (OpenAI, Azure) is left as an integration step.

Notes on map data

• data/map.json is a GeoJSON-like FeatureCollection using Point geometries (centroids). To add a building, add a new Feature like:

{
	"type": "Feature",
	"geometry": { "type": "Point", "coordinates": [lng, lat] },
	"properties": { "id": "unique_id", "name": "Building Name", "description": "Short description" }
}

• For polygons, update the MapScreen parsing logic (currently reads coordinates as [lng, lat] for points). Polygons would have arrays of coordinate pairs.

Next steps you might want to do

• Add real building polygons (GeoJSON) for tappable zones.
• Integrate text-to-speech for the guided tour (Expo Speech or react-native-tts).
• Add persistent storage for user preferences and visited tracking (AsyncStorage or SQLite).