what is ibeacon?' by roman malinovskyi
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What is iBeacon?and why you should use it in your project
by Roman Malinovskyi iOS Developer at Lemberg
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What for today?
1. What iBeacon is:short story;characteristics;main producers.
2. Using of iBeacon:how famous brands use iBeacon technology;why we should implement iBeacon into our project.
3. iBeacon in our project:choosing a vendor, nuances with implementation etc.;the main functionality in our project.
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What iBeacon is
In mid-2013 Apple introduced iBeacons and experts wrote about how it is designed to help the retail industry by simplifying payments and enabling on-site offers.
Short story about iBeacon
On December 6, 2013, Apple activated iBeacons across its 254 US retail stores. McDonalds has used the devices to give special offers to consumers in its fast-food stores.
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What iBeacon is
Characteristics
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What iBeacon is
Characteristics
● Immediate (less than 50 centimetres)
● Near (approximately between 50 centimetres and 2 - 5 meters)
● Far (more or less between 2 - 5 meters and 30 - 50 meters, depending on walls, the iBeacon output power and many other factors)
Power consumption depends on iBeacon configuration parameters of advertising interval and transmit power. A study on 16 different iBeacon vendors reports that battery life can range between 1–24 months.
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What iBeacon is
Main producers
Kontakt BlueCats Estimote Gimbal
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Using of iBeacon
How famous brands use iBeacon technology
There are a lot of big companies that use iBeacon in their projects in different ways.
Some use it as an identifier of location for a product, other for detecting the user's location, but I think that the most creative way is HERE (click on link).
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Using of iBeacon
Why we should implement iBeacon into our project
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iBeacon in our project
Choosing a vendor
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iBeacon in our project
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iBeacon in our project
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iBeacon in our project
In foreground state:
In background state:
The result:
We get an alert about iBeacon's signal
We get a notification message about iBeacon's
signal
Some action ( For example, the user is
redirected to another screen or opens URL link )
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Conclusion
Thank you
… and Good luck ! :)by Roman Malinovskyi @ Lemberg