Social Media App Uses Augmented Reality to Connect College Students

The TeePeedU app uses AR technology to help students build real life connections across their campus.

Image Source: TeePeedU.

College students will soon be able to interact virtually in class and at sports games, with help from a new augmented reality app. TeePeedU is a free college social media app that aims to get students out of the dorm and connect with each other in real life.

The name refers to the act of teepeeing, or stringing toilet paper trails around objects. TeePeedU allows students to teepee each other virtually by “dropping digital graffiti all over campus with everyone you want to know and hang out with,” according to the company. Users can leave photos of themselves around campus, which others can see through the app’s AR ecosystem.

The key features of the app include:

  • “SpotSelfie,” a way for users to secure a spot on campus that hosts their photos, videos and more;
  • “Me-Code,” a visual biography that describes “everything from your personality to body type to emotional baggage” in the form of a color-coded grid;
  • “Chill’n Post,” a feature that allows users to overlay a picture where it happened in the real world, and other users can stop by to comment and rate the “chill factor” of the photo;
  • “Flash Antics,” a feature that issues challenges (such as group dance moves) to nearby users in a short amount of time; and
  • “TP Map,” a way to see everyone’s “digital toilet paper” left throughout the campus and to leave comments.

In addition to connecting students, TeePeedU boasts of opportunities for sponsors to market their campaigns through the app. The app allows logos and products to be suspended in the AR world, from 6-foot-tall beverages to full-size race cars.

The app will be available in the Apple App Store and the Android App Store on Sept. 16. Students can pre-register for the free app on the TeePeedU site.

About the Author

Sri Ravipati is Web producer for THE Journal and Campus Technology. She can be reached at [email protected].

Featured

  • data professionals in a meeting

    Data Fluency as a Strategic Imperative

    As an institution's highest level of data capabilities, data fluency taps into the agency of technical experts who work together with top-level institutional leadership on issues of strategic importance.

  • stylized AI code and a neural network symbol, paired with glitching code and a red warning triangle

    New Anthropic AI Models Demonstrate Coding Prowess, Behavior Risks

    Anthropic has released Claude Opus 4 and Claude Sonnet 4, its most advanced artificial intelligence models to date, boasting a significant leap in autonomous coding capabilities while simultaneously revealing troubling tendencies toward self-preservation that include attempted blackmail.

  • university building with classical architecture is partially overlaid by a glowing digital brain graphic

    NSF Invests $100 Million in National AI Research Institutes

    The National Science Foundation has announced a $100 million investment in National Artificial Intelligence Research Institutes, part of a broader White House strategy to maintain American leadership as competition with China intensifies.

  • black analog alarm clock sits in front of a digital background featuring a glowing padlock symbol and cybersecurity icons

    The Clock Is Ticking: Higher Education's Big Push Toward CMMC Compliance

    With the United States Department of Defense's Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification 2.0 framework entering Phase II on Dec. 16, 2025, institutions must develop a cybersecurity posture that's resilient, defensible, and flexible enough to keep up with an evolving threat landscape.