What is iMobi
A project of the Yokohama Future Organization, a co-creation project by three companies: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., NTT Data Corporation, and Swap Co., Ltd.
If you register your destination, attribute information, and interests in the app in advance, the AI of the app will match people with similar destinations and interests.Get in a vehicle with your matching partner and move while riding together.While moving, AI facilitates topics based on the information registered by each other, and conversations and exchanges take place.
In a nutshell, i-Mobi is a “mobility service that forms loose connections between “people” and “people”.
We aim to create a service that can increase the user's "innovation drawer" through an extraordinary experience of creating new personal connections and connecting loosely in everyday movement.
Details https://dmk.nttdata.com/service/463911011121/
Purpose of this verification
XNUMX.We will verify the possibility of building human relationships and creating business from conversations in the car through matching of interests between users who are riding together on a mobility vehicle.
XNUMX.We will verify whether users who ride together in matching can continue their relationship even after getting off.
XNUMX.In the future, we will analyze user needs in terms of experience and functionality during and after getting off the car, in order to create services that will trigger the creation of businesses and human resource development that will be required in the community, such as crossing the borders between companies.
Experience report
(XNUMX) Questionnaire matching
We will send a questionnaire from the input form in advance.You enter your hobbies, work details, and business questions you want to ask your partner, and matching is performed based on that information.
(XNUMX) Riding together
As for the meeting place, detailed directions from the ticket gate of the station were sent with photos, so I was able to reach the site without hesitation.The vehicle I ride this time is Nissan's Serena.
Two large men shared the ride, but the head and feet were spacious and there was plenty of room.
Also, the temperature on that day exceeded XNUMX degrees, so the air-conditioned car was very comfortable.
(XNUMX) Conversation
A display is installed between the driver's seat and the passenger's seat, and each other's affiliation, name and destination are displayed.
This time, I got on from the east exit of Yokohama station, crossed the JR line from the Minatomirai area, and moved to the west exit of Yokohama station for about 15 minutes.
When you leave, the display will switch, and your job duties, hobbies, and job opinions (questions) will be displayed.
You will be sent information about who you will be traveling with in advance.If you do a little homework before coming in, I think you'll be able to answer the questions on the day smoothly.
This time, we had common hobbies and our hometowns were close to each other, so it was easy to open up and start a conversation.
Then, for about 10 minutes, we talked about each other's current work and questions.It was also a good stimulus for me to come across ideas that I usually don't come up with and to think about the other person's questions.Time flew by, and before I knew it, I had arrived at my destination.
experience it
Instead of just talking about work, I started talking about my hobbies (this time about muscle training), so the conversation progressed smoothly.In addition, I think that the psychological effect of sitting side by side instead of facing each other is also connected to the ease of talking.
By exchanging opinions on each other's work content and questions in such an easy-to-talk environment, I was able to come up with random ideas and experience the possibility of co-creation.
With the implementation of this service from now on, the new common sense of movement × innovation will be established, and I could feel that such a future is coming soon.