Alex is a first-year student who is comfortable preparing presentation content but struggles with delivery. When presenting, Alex relies heavily on slides and often ends up reading directly from them. While the material is well-prepared, the delivery feels stiff and disengaged. Professors have given feedback that Alex needs to make more eye contact and speak more naturally.

Alex is working on the following things:

• Speak more naturally without relying on slides

• Improve eye contact and audience engagement

• Develop confidence in presenting without a “script”

They have had these difficulties presenting without our software:

• Over-relies on slides as a safety net

• Struggles to know where they are looking during a presentation

• Cannot easily evaluate their own presentation habits afterward

• Practices alone, which does not reflect real presentation dynamics

Alex needs the following from our system:

• Ability to upload slides but optionally hide or minimize them

• Tools to advance slides without constantly viewing them

• A playback system to review where they were looking during the presentation

• Speech feedback (pacing, filler words, clarity)

• A realistic but controlled audience to simulate actual presentation conditions

Jordan is a junior who understands their material well and can present comfortably in small groups. However, when presenting in large lectures or noisy classrooms, they become overwhelmed. Environmental distractions, such as side conversations, movement, or lack of audience attention make it difficult to focus and maintain composure.

Jordan is working on the following things:

• Build confidence presenting in large or distracting environments

• Learn to maintain focus despite audience behavior

• Reduce anxiety when presenting in unfamiliar or high-pressure settings

They have had these difficulties presenting without our software:

• Cannot simulate large or distracting audiences 

• Becomes flustered when audience members appear disengaged

• Has no way to gradually build tolerance to more stressful environments

• Real presentations feel unpredictable and harder than practice

Jordan needs the following from our system:

• Ability to adjust audience size 

• Control over audience attentiveness and behavior (quiet → distracted → disruptive)

• Gradual exposure to increasingly difficult presentation environments

• Speech feedback to maintain clarity 

• Repeated practice in consistent environments

The reality sketch portrays a student preparing for a presentation in a classroom. The student has a laser pointer in his hand, and a remote control in the other hand. He also has a microphone and a camera to capture the student’s movement during the presentation for future feedback.

This physical prototype simulates a user scenario where the user is using the hand tracker as a remote control for the presentation. The user can use this to interact with the objects in the room.