Both BlueWay, the Bluetooth people tracking system and Sketch & Share, the interactive networked drawing tool, were presented in ITP’s Spring Show for 2006. Sketch & Share was featured in Pixelsumo and BlueWay got plugged in Cool Hunting and on the blog Pasta & Vinegar.
A woman I talked to was very excited about using BlueWay at her nightclub. She envisions registering guests as they wait in line outside, then displaying their photos on a large projection in the club. If you like the way someone looks, then dance your way over to their location. I also chatted with a guy from New York’s Museum of Modern Art. Apparently MOMA is very interested in indoor location-based services like BlueWay. I personally think something using ZigBee embedded in a ticket might work even better than Bluetooth. I’ll be investigating such low-bandwidth, low power systems in the Fall of this year.
