1. NON-VISUAL
AUGMENTED REALITY
With SMS and GPS
Amber Case @caseorganic
Aaron Parecki @aaronpk
Wednesday, June 2, 2010

2. YOU SCHEDULE A MEETING
For 3:00pm. You think it’s a precise time and expect the meeting
to occur at that time.
Wednesday, June 2, 2010

3. UNCERTAINTY ENSUES
But really you get a 2:45 to 3:30 window of uncertainty. They
could show up at any time within this window!
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4. WHEN WILL THEY SHOW UP?
There is no real way to know.
FRUSTRATING!!!
Wednesday, June 2, 2010

5. 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?”
Wednesday, June 2, 2010

6. TEXTING WHILE BIKING
It’s really hard.
Wednesday, June 2, 2010

7. These redundant messages can be
eliminated if you know where
someone is.
Wednesday, June 2, 2010

8. REAL-TIME GPS MAP
Half hour before the appointment, you get an SMS with a link to
a real-time map .
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9. HOW DOES IT WORK?
GPS-enabled phone sends data to the server at regular intervals
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10. ~10 MILLION GPS POINTS
June 2008 - April 2010
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11. What if two people have GPS-enabled phones?
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12. THE INTERFACE DISAPPEARS
Actions are reduced
Queries are eliminated
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15. a successful interface
makes itself invisible
Wednesday, June 2, 2010

16. like electricity in your house!
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17. Flickr: Marcus Q
It’s a push-button technology!
But what if you didn’t have to push the button...?
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18. - When you enter your house, your lights turn on.
- When you leave the house, your lights turn off.
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19. Your phone becomes a remote
control for reality.
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20. AUTOMATIC CHECKINS
Based on a list of predefined areas.
When you enter one of the areas, you are checked in.
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21. SOCIAL PUNCTUATION
Pausing social interaction to check in.
Flickr: @MSG
Wednesday, June 2, 2010

22. OTHER USES FOR REAL-TIME DATA
Geonotes: Send messages to your future self.
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23. GEONOTES
Try it! • aaron.pk/geonote • caseorganic.com/geonote
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24. GEONOTES
Try it! • aaron.pk/geonote • caseorganic.com/geonote
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25. CONTEXTUAL NOTES
Flickr: awnisALAN
Wednesday, June 2, 2010

26. TRIP PLANNING
Set Geonotes to arrive at various stages of a trip.
-Automatic airport checkins
-Transit notes
Flickr: GenoDM
Wednesday, June 2, 2010

27. JUST-IN-TIME INFORMATION
Have specific data arrive at specific travel stages.
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28. CURRENT SYSTEM
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29. GOOGLE LATITUDE
Shows everything or nothing
No way to share for a limited
time
Infrequent location updates
Buggy friending problems
Mostly unused
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30. ICECONDOR
-Sometimes inaccurate
-Drains the battery
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31. BOOST MOBILE - INSTAMAPPER
-Another external device to charge
-Extra monthly plan
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32. BOOST MOBILE - INSTAMAPPER
- Doesn’t update as often as desired
-Can’t run on background iPhone
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33. TRACKR.EU
Like Instamapper, sends data to a 3rd party server
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34. TRACKR.EU
-Updates very often
-Drains battery
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35. HOW DO I DO THIS?
WHY NOW?
Wednesday, June 2, 2010

36. Wednesday, June 2, 2010

37. DEVELOPING A PROTOCOL
For cross-platform location sharing.
Wednesday, June 2, 2010

38. BUILT ON OPEN STANDARDS
• Pubsubhubbub
• oAuth
• Activity Streams
• Microformats
• XFN
• OpenID
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39. PRIVACY
Control sharing: when, not just who
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40. GEOLOQI.COM
Sign in with Twitter, Google or other OAuth sites
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41. IPHONE OS4 PROTOTYPE
Wednesday, June 2, 2010

42. OS4 BACKGROUND PROCESS
• 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
Wednesday, June 2, 2010

43. ANDROID PROTOTYPE
Wednesday, June 2, 2010

44. ANDROID PROCESS
• 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
Wednesday, June 2, 2010

45. RELEASE PLAN
Wednesday, June 2, 2010

46. VERSION 1.0 - JULY 1ST
• OS 4 (probably) released this
month
• Logging data from iPhone and
Android
• SMS notifications for Geonotes
• Mobile and desktop map
interface
• Private maps
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47. VERSION 2.0 - AUG. 1ST
• Sharable maps or users with
privacy controls
• Time-limited links sharable by
SMS, E-mail, Twitter
• Improvements to user
interface of mobile apps
Wednesday, June 2, 2010

48. VERSION 3.0 - SEPT. 1ST
• Distributed social networking
• Proximal notifications
• Updated UI
• Automatic check-ins
• Custom triggers
Wednesday, June 2, 2010

49. HACK SESSIONS
• Tonight: 8:30-10:30pm
• Tomorrow: 8:30-10:30pm
We need your help.
Wednesday, June 2, 2010

50. THANK YOU.
caseorganic@gmail.com • @caseorganic
aaron@parecki.com • @aaronpk
loqi@geoLoqi.com • @geoloqi
Beta test at GeoLoqi.com
Wednesday, June 2, 2010