Endless Possibilities with Beacons

This was talk was given at GDG Johannesburg

Transcript

1. Endless Possibilities with Beacons Peter-John Welcome google.com/+PeterJohnWelcome
2. Intro • Beacons • Beacon Standards • Google beacon Platform • Nearby API • Awareness API • Nearby Notifications & Physical Web • The endless possibilities
3. https://developers.google.com/beacons/ What is a beacon? Objects that transmit signals.
4. Beacon Standards http://community.silabs.com/t5/Official-Blog-of-Silicon-Labs/Bluetooth-BLE-Beacon-Standards-from-iBea con-Eddystone-and/ba-p/168045
5. Google Beacon Platform https://developers.google.com/beacons/ Nearby Messages API Nearby Notifications Physical Web
6. Nearby Messages API The Nearby Messages API is a publish-subscribe API that lets you pass small binary payloads between internet-connected Android and iOS devices. https://developers.google.com/nearby/messages/overview
7. The Nearby Messages API is a publish-subscribe API that lets you pass small binary payloads between internet-connected Android and iOS devices. Nearby Message API Publish
8. The Nearby Messages API is a publish-subscribe API that lets you pass small binary payloads between internet-connected Android and iOS devices. Nearby Message API Subscribe
9. Awareness API The Awareness API, enables your app to intelligently react to the user's current situation. Consists of 2 API’s: • Fence API • Snapshot Api https://developers.google.com/awareness/overview
10. Nearby Notifications Nearby Notifications helps users to discover what's around them, by surfacing location-specific notifications for apps and websites, with no prior app install required. https://developers.google.com/nearby/notifications/overview
11. Nearby Notifications • Advertise an HTTPS URL • Trigger an app intent / app intent with fallback url
12. Nearby Notifications • Drive your own app installs. • Open personal or business profiles in social apps. • Launch conversations or chatbots inside messaging apps. • Drive consumers to content about nearby products. • Help users explore store inventory. • Drive checkins, reviews within local/travel apps. https://developers.google.com/nearby/notifications/overview
13. Physical Web The Physical Web is an open approach to enable quick and seamless interactions with physical objects and locations. https://google.github.io/physical-web/
14. Physical Web https://youtu.be/1yaLPRgtlR0 How it works
15. Endless Possibilities
16. Endless Possibilities • Retail - discount coupons for people in stores. • Hospitality - Deliver breakfast menu to people everyday. • Tourism and tourist attractions - find interesting places while walking around a city. • Education - check if kids are late for class. • Healthcare - mapping out of hospitals. • Entertainment - game rewards when you in a specific beacons range. • Travel - check’in at boarding gates. • Corporate - conference information at event. • Automotive - unlock your car when you close. • Real Estate - promoting apartments for rent. • Advertising / Digital signage - interactive ads. • Personal Use - home automation
17. Demo
18. Thanks! Contact me: google.com/u/0/+PeterJohnWelcome @pjapplez pjwelcome@gmail.com Peter-johnwelcome.co.za https://github.com/pjwelcome