Show HN: New cross-platform interaction between mobile devices

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Post by fab2722 » Tue, Sep 30, 2014, 11:57 AM UTC

Show HN: New cross-platform interaction between mobile devices
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Re: Show HN: New cross-platform interaction between mobile devices

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Post by sktrdie » Tue, Sep 30, 2014, 12:33 PM UTC

I can't see the use case for wanting to send some information between devices this way. Perhaps PONG or other types of video games?

Re: Show HN: New cross-platform interaction between mobile devices

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Post by lnanek2 » Tue, Sep 30, 2014, 12:49 PM UTC

Can't actually think of a case where I would want or need this. Even my Chrome tabs followed me around is kind of annoying lately, since I lookup different things different places without much interest in them elsewhere. E.g. I'm not going to read HN on my phone.

Re: Show HN: New cross-platform interaction between mobile devices

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Post by ohyoonkwon » Tue, Sep 30, 2014, 1:03 PM UTC

sktrdie wrote: post #2

I can't see the use case for wanting to send some information between devices this way. Perhaps PONG or other types of video games?

We're working on use cases like collectible card app where user can swipe cards between two. Social games for kids and classroom as well.

Re: Show HN: New cross-platform interaction between mobile devices

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Post by andreasklinger » Tue, Sep 30, 2014, 1:04 PM UTC

Love this. Opens up a lot of very native interactions. Eg. snipping a document to the larger tablet.

Re: Show HN: New cross-platform interaction between mobile devices

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Post by Spearchucker » Tue, Sep 30, 2014, 1:06 PM UTC

lnanek2 wrote: post #3

Can't actually think of a case where I would want or need this. Even my Chrome tabs followed me around is kind of annoying lately, since I lookup different things different places without much interest in them elsewhere. E.g. I'm not going to read HN on my phone.

Indeed. It's a nice proof of concept and immediately gets me thinking how I'd do it. However the Evernote demo makes it look like a solution waiting for a problem. I imagine there is a compelling use case - will be interested to see it when it appears.

Re: Show HN: New cross-platform interaction between mobile devices

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Post by zillwc » Tue, Sep 30, 2014, 1:27 PM UTC

I couldn't get this to work between a S5 & Nexus5. What are the requirements? Same wifi? NFC or Bluetooth enabled? How does it know what sides the devices are on?

Re: Show HN: New cross-platform interaction between mobile devices

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Post by ohyoonkwon » Tue, Sep 30, 2014, 1:28 PM UTC

andreasklinger wrote: post #5

Love this. Opens up a lot of very native interactions. Eg. snipping a document to the larger tablet.

Try out our SDK - it's free for experiment!

Re: Show HN: New cross-platform interaction between mobile devices

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Post by stronglikedan » Tue, Sep 30, 2014, 1:45 PM UTC

zillwc wrote: post #7

I couldn't get this to work between a S5 & Nexus5. What are the requirements? Same wifi? NFC or Bluetooth enabled? How does it know what sides the devices are on?

I'm not sure about the connection protocols, but it looks like it determines which side(s) each device is on by the direction that you swipe to connect them.

Re: Show HN: New cross-platform interaction between mobile devices

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Post by LazerBear » Tue, Sep 30, 2014, 1:49 PM UTC

I think this is fantastic, but I couldn't find API docs / tutorial anywhere on your site. Demonstrating use cases is important, but I don't think it's enough to get developers to download / register.