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The future is nowmobile applications, QR codes, location based apps and augmented reality.
Amber Case // [email protected] // http://geoloqi.com //
Pop Tech MarketingFebruary 24th, 2010
Drawbacks of QR codes
• Limited form factors
• Not available from everyone’s phones
• Load time required makes them hard to use
Augmented reality for desktop
• Limited to one place
• User must have a webcam
• Often requires software install to use
Source: MINI Cabrio AR Campaignhttp://technabob.com/blog/2008/12/17/mini-augmented-reality-ads-hit-newstands
Mobile Augmented Reality
• Can be used anywhere with a network signal
• Requires app download
• Sometimes requires excessive loading time
• Usually available on more advanced smart phones
Source: Yelp’s Monocle
Mobile Augmented Reality
• Can be used anywhere with a network signal
• Requires app download
• Sometimes requires excessive loading time
• Usually available on more advanced smart phones
Sources: Left: Yelp’s Monocle, Right: Layar
Remember The MilkContextual Notification Systems
Virtual Post-It Notes with Image Processing in 1995.
Evolution of Technology• Over time computing technology gets lighter
and lighter
• Components become almost invisible
Location-Based Apps Growing in Smart Phones and Beyond
• A surge in application storefronts and engagement by users of mobile apps.
• Opportunity for advertisers and mobile app publishers.
• A 2010 Juniper research suggests that location-based mobile apps and services could take in over $12.5 billion by 2014.
Location-based services market ready for takeoff• Technology is affordable and
increasingly ubiquitous
• Very interesting space for investors
• Advertisers ready to embrace the technology
• Marketplace and storefronts are fully developed
• Current apps have high visibility and engagement
Up from 1 in 10 from summer 2008.
Source: Nielsen Research
1 in 2 Americans will have a Smartphone by
Christmas 2011.
Location based platforms and non-visual augmented reality
Source: Open Street Map year of edits 2008
Autosubscribing Geo-local RSS feeds
Notifications when you enter a quadrant of Portland
Reality should unfold like a videogame.
Uncertainty Ensues
15 minutes before, you start getting anxious.
He could show up any time between now and 3:30!
Location-Based Campaigns
If done intelligently, relevant information sent to users.
Flickr: awnisALAN
More advanced uses
When you check in to your house, your lights turn on!
When you leave the house, your lights turn off!
• Made at the Code for America Hackathon
• Sends users notifications of local events based on their current location.
HearNear
Success in the LBS Market
Improving user experience and design is key
Just like mobile apps didn’t take off before Apple, location apps won’t take off until someone does it right
Provide trade-offs for users so they feel safe in providing information
Thank you!
Presentation slides:slideshare.com/caseorganic
Amber Case // [email protected] // http://geoloqi.com //
Pop Tech MarketingMarch 8th, 2010