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Imagine: Bluetooth beacons for helping you find stuff in stores rather than for tracking your movements without permission.



Coins have flip sides :)

But tech wise, I think UWB combined with AR is the tipping point for the application you mention. Bluetooth is unfortunately too coarse to be very useful in locating items. It's still useful in locating stores in a shopping mall though, and that we haven't seen yet.




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