I kinda miss iBeacons & Eddystones.
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2015/10/ibeacon-business-cards/
The Physical Web idea was quickly abandoned by Google. There were some weird privacy aspects of it. And the user interface was consisting and liable to spam.
But it was such a compelling vision of one possible future.
Autonomous and decentralised, low-power meets high-tech, bridging the gap between matter and æther.
Terence Eden /
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2023-10-07 07:13:28
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