Undesk 0.1 - A virtual office for max productivity

@online_converter Thank you! Creating a magical experience has always been our goal. Showing what apps you are working on, moving the avatar's hands while you type, automatically organizing your work... all these features are for magical moments you stay in Undesk 🪄

@german_merlo1 Thank you! We've put a lot of effort into designing this product to meet the needs of remote teams, so hearing your positive feedback means a lot to us!

@yurina_deguchi Thanks for asking! We calculate the score in 3 steps. 1. We first categorize each whitelisted app into Deep work (dev, design, documentation etc) and Shallow work (messaging, calendar, meetings etc). 2. When you actively use Deep work apps for a certain threshold of time, you enter Flow state. 3. When you are in Flow state, you earn Productivity Score more efficiently. There are more specific rules, but these are the basics. We've spent a lot of time dogfooding internally and with beta users. The score we've calculated is pretty close to how we felt about our self-assessed focus quality. But we are just getting started and want to add more factors to make it more accurate. Give it a try and let us know what you think!

@yurina_deguchi Yeah can't wait!

@hai_ta1 Thank you! Avatars in multi-player games are an extremely powerful way to bring the presence of other players. We are using this technique in our multi-player working setup. Give it a try and let us know what you think!

@tornike_tsiramua1 Thanks for the great question! It's based on specific metrics and algorithms. I used this explanation in another thread, but I want to rephrase it here😋 We calculate the score in 3 steps. 1. We first categorize each whitelisted app into Deep work (development, design, documentation, etc) and Shallow work (messaging, calendar, meetings, etc). 2. If you actively use Deep work apps for a certain threshold of time, you enter Flow state. 3. When you are in Flow state, you earn Productivity Score more efficiently. There is much more, but these are the fundamentals. We've spent a lot of time dogfooding internally and with beta users. The score we've calculated is pretty close to how we felt about our self-assessed quality of focus. But we are still in the early stages and want to add more factors to make it more accurate. We look forward to your feedback!

@christian_dahdah That’s exactly our next step actually. Currently, we need you to manually make yourself to "Away" mode when you take a break. But we will soon make it possible to detect inactivity when you are not typing or moving a cursor. It will make the productivity score more accurate. Thank you for the great question!

@ashimanski We can't wait for you to try it out. If you have any feedback or suggestions along the way, we'd love to hear them!

@indiana_jobs Yes, this project actually started as a VR app. But since the market didn't grow as we expected, we pivoted and optimized for the desktop experience. But who knows, one day with the next computing device, the avatar presence will be much more than what it is today. I can't wait to see that!

@matej_cabadaj Undesk can definitely help reduce loneliness and speed things up. We could not prepare for this launch without it! Look forward to your feedback!

@oliverbahne That's exactly what we wanted to solve. Everyone gets excited first. But it doesn't stick. With productivity tracking, we added another layer of incentive to come back to the office. And when more people are there, more communication happens. Give it a try and let me know what you think!

@yamatokaneko what is the insensitive to go back and use your app other than your own personal “check-boxing” of having a high productivity for the day. I myself am not a remote worker, so really I am asking to perhaps better understand why this would incentivise remote workers. I do not assume this productivity scoring is shared with e.g. department heads?

@oliverbahne Time tracking is not easy to continue alone. Many people have a hard time keeping up because they easily forget to enter what they've done every 30 minutes or so. With Undesk, all you have to do is sit down. We basically do not ask you for any manual input because we automatically detect apps and categorize. (no extra effort) Plus, you surround yourself with a team that has the same tracking habits. (a common topic leads to a higher level of motivation) In other words, if you use it as a virtual office, you have an additional factor to stick to the time tracker. But even without that, let's say you're just using it as a pure productivity tracker by yourself (we do have solo users!), it's carefully designed so that you can subconsciously continue to use it.