Geoloqi: Non-visual augmented reality Open Source Bridge

NON-VISUALAUGMENTED REALITY

With SMS and GPS

Amber Case @caseorganic

Aaron Parecki @aaronpk

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

YOU SCHEDULE A MEETINGFor 3:00pm. You think it’s a precise time and expect the meeting

to occur at that time.


UNCERTAINTY ENSUESBut really you get a 2:45 to 3:30 window of uncertainty. They

could show up at any time within this window!


WHEN WILL THEY SHOW UP?There is no real way to know.

FRUSTRATING!!!


CO-LOCATION NEGOTIATON

“On my way!” (What does that mean??)

“Almost there”

“Stuck in traffic, will be 15 minute late”

“Running late. 5 more minutes”

“Here! Where are you?”


TEXTING WHILE BIKINGIt’s really hard.


These redundant messages can be eliminated if you know where

someone is.


REAL-TIME GPS MAPHalf hour before the appointment, you get an SMS with a link to

a real-time map .Wednesday, June 2, 2010

HOW DOES IT WORK?GPS-enabled phone sends data to the server at regular intervals


~10 MILLION GPS POINTSJune 2008 - April 2010


What if two people have GPS-enabled phones?


Actions are reduced

Queries are eliminated

THE INTERFACE DISAPPEARS


a successful interfacemakes itself invisible


like electricity in your house!


It’s a push-button technology!

But what if you didn’t have to push the button...?

Flickr: Marcus Q


- When you enter your house, your lights turn on.- When you leave the house, your lights turn off.


Your phone becomes a remote control for reality.


AUTOMATIC CHECKINSBased on a list of predefined areas.

When you enter one of the areas, you are checked in.


SOCIAL PUNCTUATION

Pausing social interaction to check in.

Flickr: @MSG


Geonotes: Send messages to your future self.

OTHER USES FOR REAL-TIME DATA


Try it! • aaron.pk/geonote • caseorganic.com/geonote

GEONOTES


CONTEXTUAL NOTES

Flickr: awnisALANWednesday, June 2, 2010

TRIP PLANNINGSet Geonotes to arrive at various stages of a trip.

-Automatic airport checkins -Transit notes

Flickr: GenoDM


JUST-IN-TIME INFORMATIONHave specific data arrive at specific travel stages.


CURRENT SYSTEM


Shows everything or nothing

No way to share for a limited time

Infrequent location updates

Buggy friending problems

Mostly unused

GOOGLE LATITUDE


ICECONDOR-Sometimes inaccurate

-Drains the battery


BOOST MOBILE - INSTAMAPPER-Another external device to charge

-Extra monthly plan


BOOST MOBILE - INSTAMAPPER- Doesn’t update as often as desired

-Can’t run on background iPhone


TRACKR.EULike Instamapper, sends data to a 3rd party server


TRACKR.EU-Updates very often

-Drains battery


HOW DO I DO THIS?

WHY NOW?


DEVELOPING A PROTOCOLFor cross-platform location sharing.


• Pubsubhubbub

• oAuth

• Activity Streams

• Microformats

• XFN

• OpenID

BUILT ON OPEN STANDARDS


PRIVACYControl sharing: when, not just who


GEOLOQI.COMSign in with Twitter, Google or other OAuth sites


IPHONE OS4 PROTOTYPE


• App Loads

• User presses “Tracking ON”

• GeoLoqi App says to iPhone OS, “I’m interested in location data”

• iPhone OS sends Lat/Long to App

• Record Lat/Long - App saves Lat/Long locally

• App sends Lat/Long to Server

OS4 BACKGROUND PROCESS


ANDROID PROTOTYPE


• App Loads

• User presses “Tracking ON”

• GeoLoqi App says to Android OS, “I’m interested in location data”

• OS sends Lat/Long to App

• Record Lat/Long - App saves Lat/Long locally

• App sends Lat/Long to Server

ANDROID PROCESS


RELEASE PLAN


• OS 4 (probably) released this month

• Logging data from iPhone and Android

• SMS notifications for Geonotes

• Mobile and desktop map interface

• Private maps

VERSION 1.0 - JULY 1ST


• Sharable maps or users with privacy controls

• Time-limited links sharable by SMS, E-mail, Twitter

• Improvements to user interface of mobile apps

VERSION 2.0 - AUG. 1ST


• Distributed social networking

• Proximal notifications

• Updated UI

• Automatic check-ins

• Custom triggers

VERSION 3.0 - SEPT. 1ST


• Tonight: 8:30-10:30pm

• Tomorrow: 8:30-10:30pm

We need your help.

HACK SESSIONS


THANK YOU.

[email protected] • @[email protected] • @[email protected] • @geoloqi

Beta test at GeoLoqi.com


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