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The biggest problem with Beacons is that the range is unpredictable.

The biggest problem with Beacons is that the range is unpredictable. Without a better handle on proximity, many of the use cases I can immediately think of are of no greater benefit than GPS or WiFi nodes. It's a shame, because there are some amazing things you can do once you are able to start exchanging data based on passing a node by (< 3 meters)

Posted by ChikkaChiChi on Jul 28, 2014, 9:45 PM

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The biggest problem with Beacons is that the range is unpredictable.

ChikkaChiChiJul 28, 2014, 9:45 PM

The biggest problem with Beacons is that the range is unpredictable. Without a better handle on proximity, many of the use cases I can immediately think of are of no greater benefit than GPS or WiFi nodes. It's a shame, because there are some amazing things you can do once you are able to start exchanging data based on passing a node by (< 3 meters)

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