The People Counter is a straightforward digital capacity tracker for mobile devices, designed to help us navigate the financial challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic with flexibility. Staff at each doorway indicated guests entering or leaving a space and could see the current guest count in real time. The observer mode allowed leaders to monitor capacity changes over a 24-hour period and view the current count.

This project gave me the opportunity to dive deeper into websockets, ensuring session-specific information was retained across multiple devices. Later, the use of websockets evolved into relying on SQL tables to manage information flow.