Ideas for the Apple Watch

[steven]

https://medium.com/backchannel/5-ideas-for-apple-watch-393a7a16f8a1

[cableshaft]

Will the Apple Watch have enough precision in its location to be able to determine when you approach someone (suggestion #5 in the list)? GPS isn't nearly that precise, especially indoors or around tall buildings, which is why most people haven't done this yet and you see hardware like iBeacon for more precise location data.

The only reason we don't already have a few dozen apps that would do this on our phones already is because of the lack of precision.

[Retra → cableshaft]

GPS can be accurate to about 1 meter, I thought. Ten meters should still be good enough to locate someone, unless you're in a crowd.

[NeutronBoy → Retra]

Depends where you are - because of the way it triangulates, it's more accurate towards the equator.

[untog → Retra]

Only outdoors though, right? When it doesn't work reliably it's a frustrating product.

[thrillgore → untog]

I imagine iBeacons will help where GPS fails

[bgvopg]

If Apple doesn't make an map-app that tells you which way to turn by vibrating selectively left-right on the watch then they don't deserve to succeed.

[mamp → bgvopg]

They announced this feature at the Apple Watch reveal last year. I believe the map and GPS runs on the phone.