Side Quest: an AI that sends you on a walk, and never learns where you are

Описание и применение

Side Quest – это прогулочный квест, где ИИ генерирует загадки в браузере, не раскрывая точное местоположение пользователя, используя открытые данные и WebGPU.

Задача

Most AI‑outdoors apps keep users looking at the screen while walking, reducing real‑world engagement.

Результат

Side Quest delivers a privacy‑preserving, low‑cost walking scavenger hunt that limits screen time to ~10 s per stop, keeps location data local, works offline after first run, and uses open data sources.

Рабочий процесс

• 1. User selects walk duration (15–60 min) and clue style (playful, poetic, detective, kids).
• 2. App snaps current location to a 0.01° (~1.1 km) grid and queries OpenStreetMap and Wikipedia for nearby points of interest.
• 3. A deterministic planner selects 2–4 varied stops that fit the requested time.
• 4. Gemma (WebLLM on WebGPU) writes a riddle and a sensory notice for each stop.
• 5. User walks, checks in at each stop, receives the notice, and proceeds to the next clue.
• 6. After the final stop, Gemma writes a three‑line postcard summarizing the walk, saved only on the device.

Доказательства

Gemma writes a riddle for each stop

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The app finds a few interesting places within walking distance (a temple, a mural, an old bookshop, a pond) and plans a loop that fits your time.

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Gemma, running inside your browser, writes a riddle for each stop.

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The only network requests are the map lookups, and even those never carry your exact position.

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