# Gamified Home Chore Apps Developers Showcased a Gamified Home Chore App at Meta's Hackathon 2023 By Colin Smith | Published 2024-01-24 | Tech Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/gamified-chore-app References: [reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/oculus/comments/18mzbxc/turning_house_chores_into_fun_with_mixed_reality/)  At Meta's annual Hackathon event, which is a series of challenges participating coders must face, a team of developers consisting of Moritz Loos, Ferhan Ozkan, Dr. Benjamin I. Outram, and Cat Flynn, created a fully-functional [gamified mixed reality application](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/respawn1) for completing house chores. The team successfully showcased a working demo of the app which has since been made into a demo video and uploaded onto [Twitter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/sleepagotchi) and [Reddit](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/mentionclick) by the developers. This demo shows the player vacuuming, sweeping, and mopping away animated grass spikes overtop of an animated surface that replaces the floor of the house. This makes vacuuming or sweeping the home more satisfying, as the visual feedback of cutting down large blades of grass with each motion is stimulating and engaging. This unnamed gamified home cleaning application is not yet available for purchase or download, but the developers were previously active in discussing the development of the tool on Reddit. Image Credit: u/Impossible-Syrup-903, Reddit ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 5.8/10 - Popularity: 70% | Activity: 82% | Freshness: 21% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Gen Z, Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Tech](https://www.trendhunter.com/tech) > [Gadgets](https://www.trendhunter.com/gadgets) ## Key Themes ### What's Driving This Trend - **Gamified Home Cleaning Apps:** Developers showcase a gamified mixed reality application that adds fun and engagement to completing house chores. - **Visual Feedback in Household Tasks:** A demo video demonstrates the use of visual feedback in home cleaning tasks, making them more satisfying and stimulating. - **Integration of Animation in Cleaning Activities:** A team of developers creates a fully-functional app that replaces the floor of the house with animated surfaces, enhancing the experience of vacuuming or sweeping. ### Who This Affects Most - **Household Cleaning:** The gamified home cleaning app presents an opportunity to revolutionize the household cleaning industry by making it more enjoyable and engaging. - **Augmented Reality:** The development of a gamified mixed reality app for house chores opens up possibilities for disruptive innovation in the augmented reality industry. - **App Development:** The creation of a fully-functional gamified mixed reality application for completing house chores highlights the potential for innovation within the app development industry. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Gamified XR Vacuuming Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/spatial-vacuuming.md) - [Gamified Task Managers](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/chorequest.md) - [Vacuum-Tracking AR Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/ar-apps.md) - [Mixed Reality Mopping Tools](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/mixed-reality-mopping.md) - [Gamified Chore Tracking Tools](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/chore-tracking.md) - [Gamified Trash Pickers](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/rubbish-beam.md) - [Mixed Reality Intergalactic Games](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/starship-home.md) - [Gamified Habit Trackers](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/cozy-habits.md) - [Gamified Task Management](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/mytasking.md)