iBeacons are useful as proximity detectors, but not much else. A few months ago I did some extensive testing with the idea that I would use multiple iBeacons to triangulate a user's position. After digging through the data what I realized was the signals from the beacons were far too unpredictable to be of much use for determining location. The user's "location" was jumping all around the map even after significant filtering.
A common proximity scenario is to place beacons at the entrance and then scatter a few more throughout your office in strategic locations. By determining which beacons are visible you should be able to infer if the user is inside the office and get an idea about which area they are closest to. If no beacons are visible (for more than a few seconds) you can reasonably assume the user has left. On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 3:40 PM, Eric E. Dolecki <edole...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have an application built and ready for iBeacon support. It's intention > is to tell whether someone is in the office or not. > > I was planning on placing an iBeacon at the entrance to our office - and > use that to tell my server who is in or out of the office. For fun. Well, > if you walk into the office, it would work, but if you enter the region > again, turn around and go back in the office, you're out of sync. I could > use a geoFence - would this be a better solution? > > Is this type of enter/leave functionality beyond what an iBeacon can > provide? Or would I need to have multiples to gather direction of movement? > Like a minimum of 3 beacons? > > I'm looking for some strategy that would work best for such a thing. > > Google Voice: (508) 656-0622 > Twitter: eric_dolecki XBoxLive: edolecki PSN: eric_dolecki > _______________________________________________ > > Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) > > Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. > Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com > > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/jwdixon%40gmail.com > > This email sent to jwdi...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
