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This is really cool, but I can't figure out a use case to buy any :/
by guiomie 10y ago
This is really cool, but I can't figure out a use case to buy any :/
- zump 10y agoSaid everyone working in IoT.
- skewart 10y agoYeah, like a sibling comment suggests, beacons are definitely in the bottom of the trough of disillusionment on the Gartner hype cycle chart. There is a ton of potential for them though, but perhaps more in the autonomous vehicles and robotics space than in the realm of current consumer devices. Of course, there are plenty of competing technologies in the micro-location space. Making beacons more computationally powerful beyond just broadcasting a UUID is an interesting development, and one competing tech, like location fingerprinting, can't easily do.
- calgoo 10y agoYea I can see usage for big shops like wallmart etc where its next to impossible to find something if you dont know the store. Image if these where available for each area, and you just put in what you are looking for and it guides you to the correct section.
- rasz_pl 10y agoimagine this would work great .. if cellphones on the market were equipped with location tracking phase arrays instead of piece of wire for antenna.
- rasz_pl 10y agoYou can place them in physical locations and let users download your app that will trigger when it sees them, it almost makes sense versus app with GPS coordinate list, almost ....