Endless Possibilities with Beacons

This was talk was given at GDG Johannesburg

Transcript

1. Endless Possibilities with
   Beacons
   Peter-John Welcome
   google.com/+PeterJohnWelcome
   

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2. Intro
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   Beacons
   ●
   Beacon Standards
   ●
   Google beacon Platform
   ●
   Nearby API
   ●
   Awareness API
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   Nearby Notifications & Physical Web
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   The endless possibilities
   

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3. https://developers.google.com/beacons/
   What is a beacon?
   Objects that transmit signals.
   

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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
   

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5. Google Beacon Platform
   https://developers.google.com/beacons/
   Nearby Messages API Nearby Notifications Physical Web
   

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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
   

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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
   

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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
   

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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
   

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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
    

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11. Nearby Notifications
    ● Advertise an HTTPS URL
    ● Trigger an app intent / app intent with fallback url
    

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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
    

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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/
    

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14. Physical Web
    https://youtu.be/1yaLPRgtlR0
    How it works
    

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15. Endless Possibilities
    

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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
    

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17. Demo
    

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18. Thanks!
    Contact me:
    google.com/u/0/+PeterJohnWelcome
    @pjapplez
    pjwelcome@gmail.com
    Peter-johnwelcome.co.za
    https://github.com/pjwelcome
    

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