Location & urb ops

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The state of location location apps and where it's going. This includes a talk about Urb-Ops.

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the Future is Where you are!2011 is all about location

Jonathan Laba @J_Lab

Why do you care?

Check-ins form the basis for accurate, auditable mobile marketing campaigns, a $24 billion opportunity in 2013 (ABI Research 2010)

obvious: check-ins

not so obvious: utilities

i’ll get these!

o Coupons - %

o Travels Logs ? ?

o Start Conversations : D

o $ocial value

o Fun time ^_^

they’ll (i’ll) get these!o game incentives drive visits

o demographics (gender/age)

o promoted locations/ads

o offer incentives yourself

o enhanced socially engaged community relationship media

zzzzzz… where’s the future stuff?

in the phone that came out after yours

Big in japan & isreal ; )

in israeli water parks

in ted talks

woah woah woah… i was promised future!

reality check : (

o GPS drains battery

o Accuracy is low

o Lack of verifications (fraud prone)

o Low accuracy indoors

o Lack of reminders

reality check cont. :’ ( o no killer app

o check-in Fatigue

o app interface required

o no auto-check-in

o requires search

o unwashed masses think it’s retarded

lame

obviously

these types…

Mission:

o Make our first game

o Do it how it’s never been done

o Layer technologies

Prime Game Components:

o Make 4sqr fun

o Incorporate teams

Secondary Game Components:

o Not be socially awkward in public.

o Platform agnostic.

Prime Game Components:

o Make 4sqr fun

o Incorporate teams

Secondary Game Components:

o Not be socially awkward in public.

o Platform agnostic.

Demo Time!

Urb-Ops.com