Show HN: SuperTrip

#1

Post by hodgesmr » Thu, Aug 28, 2014, 1:53 PM UTC

Re: Show HN: SuperTrip

#2

Post by drmarianus » Thu, Aug 28, 2014, 2:37 PM UTC

Always for new and interesting AR stuff, but the website has my eyes hurting. Everything overlaid on top of an image is barely readable, and even the video is hard to watch with the background behind it. It's really a stark contrast to the rest of the site.

Re: Show HN: SuperTrip

#3

Post by libraryatnight » Thu, Aug 28, 2014, 2:58 PM UTC

drmarianus wrote: post #2

Always for new and interesting AR stuff, but the website has my eyes hurting. Everything overlaid on top of an image is barely readable, and even the video is hard to watch with the background behind it. It's really a stark contrast to the rest of the site.

Yes, I was having issues myself reading the site. The text might benefit from a black border, really anything to keep it from getting lost in the images.

Re: Show HN: SuperTrip

#4

Post by o0-0o » Thu, Aug 28, 2014, 3:12 PM UTC

I cannot register with the android app for galaxy nexus.

Re: Show HN: SuperTrip

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Post by rabidonrails » Thu, Aug 28, 2014, 3:21 PM UTC

Sorry if this is n00bish, but I may not understand what SuperTrip is. The site mostly describes what SuperTrip isn't and when describing what it is, I'm just seeing lots of non-specifics.

I tried to watch the video to understand, but again, I'm not sure I get it.

I looked for a summary, but the only concrete information is "The goal of the game is to reach all the destinations."

It seems like a treasure map via AR...is that right?

Re: Show HN: SuperTrip

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Post by recalibrator » Thu, Aug 28, 2014, 3:29 PM UTC

Promising idea. I like it. Does this work with any city, or is it just select cities?

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Post by bvrlt » Thu, Aug 28, 2014, 3:41 PM UTC

I don't understand what SuperTrip is from the page or the video. Is it some kind of treasure hunt?

Re: Show HN: SuperTrip

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Post by mmahemoff » Thu, Aug 28, 2014, 3:54 PM UTC

I notice you launched on both iOS and Android which often a portable stack was heavily leveraged (e.g. Xamarin or HTML5). Can you share some tech details?

Re: Show HN: SuperTrip

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Post by pxlpshr » Thu, Aug 28, 2014, 3:58 PM UTC

So being an adventurer / go-getter / hero is walking down a concrete sidewalk admiring your surroundings through the lens of an augmented iPhone? I think that's disingenuous marketing to people like myself, and I'd focus on what it really is (gamification of urban discovery) because the current proposition comes off gimmicky.

When you talk about "adventure", I think the general consumer associates that with brands like REI, Patagonia, North Face, Cabela's, et al. Perhaps this is my own personal bias speaking but my gut says otherwise. Lastly, if I was in the military sacrificing my life to protect SuperTrip, I'd probably throw a fit about the "true heroes" phrase too. Is this app going to jump on a bomb for me?

My advice would be to pick a market segment and laser focus on it and then grow from there (or pivot). Maybe it is "adventurers", in which case you need to ditch the urban scenery.

Re: Show HN: SuperTrip

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Post by ultrafez » Thu, Aug 28, 2014, 3:59 PM UTC

This seems quite similar to Geocaching - did you take inspiration from it? In fact the only differences seem to be that there is no physical object at the destination, and that it's a race.