PORI (Phone Offline, Roam Instantly)

Description and use

<p>What I Built<br> Every outdoor or hiking app has the same fundamental flaw: you have to stare at a screen to use it. </p> <p>For the Hacktoberfest Touch Grass challenge, I built PORI (Phone Offline, Roam Instantly). PORI is a hyper-local, audio-first urban explorer that physically forces you to put your phone in your pocket. </p> <p>You input a destination, put your headphones on, and click start. The app uses real-time reverse geocoding to identify exactly which street, park, or landmark you are standing near. It then feeds that context into a localized open-weight AI model to generate a c

Problem

<p>What I Built<br> Every outdoor or hiking app has the same fundamental flaw: you have to stare at a screen to use it. </p> <p>For the Hacktoberfest Touch Grass challenge, I built PORI (Phone Offline, Roam Instantly). PORI is a hyper-local, audio-first urban explorer that physically forces you to put your phone in your pocket. </p> <p>You input a destination, put your headphones on, and click start. The app uses real-time reverse geocoding to identify exactly which street, park, or landmark you are standing near. It then feeds that context into a localized open-weight AI model to generate a c

Outcome

<p>What I Built<br> Every outdoor or hiking app has the same fundamental flaw: you have to stare at a screen to use it. </p> <p>For the Hacktoberfest Touch Grass challenge, I built PORI (Phone Offline, Roam Instantly). PORI is a hyper-local, audio-first urban explorer that physically forces you to put your phone in your pocket. </p> <p>You input a destination, put your headphones on, and click start. The app uses real-time reverse geocoding to identify exactly which street, park, or landmark you are standing near. It then feeds that context into a localized open-weight AI model to generate a c

Evidence

PORI (Phone Offline, Roam Instantly)

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