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Website, web service, real world product, marketing, any good description.
Type:
Product or service.
Problem / Need:
Provide an accurate description of what the problem or need you've identified is. Include pain points and how it applies to people's lives.
Solution:
If you can imagine a solution, provide a potential solution you envision to the problem.
Whatsapp already has these features and is installed on nearly every smartphone. Also, the functionality is very limited by the accuracy of GPS.
I'll kick it off with my baby idea I would LOVE to execute on but simply just don't have the time to! I honestly don't foresee being able to get to this anytime soon, but someone will. I've offered this up several times to people looking for ideas.
Sector:
Mobile app / service.
Type:
Service.
Problem / Need:
Whether I'm out with friends in a 5,000 square foot night club or on the lawn of TomorrowLand at the main stage, it is IMPOSSIBLE to coordinate meetups. Not only is the music loud, but identifiers like "I'm 30 degrees north west of that big pole about 20 paces out" in a text message is nearly impossible to decipher.
This problem also percolates to other forms of social meetups. It's 9pm on a Caturday night and our friends are driving four cars to Capitol Hill in Seattle. No one in any car knows exactly where we're going on Capitol hill, so an insane web of text messages from the passengers in each car frantically works to try and figure it out. As everyone left a different location at a different time, no one is sure when the other people will arrive.
Meeting up is a social nightmare.
Solution:
The solution we came up with to this problem would be a mobile app that allows a group of friends to quickly create a hangout session with the service. The first feature that links everyone together is an easy, instantaneous group chat that seamlessly allows everyone to communicate together at once. No more gigantic web of texts. The second feature is the ability for each person to broadcast their location and have it overlaid on Google Maps. If you had it integrated with Facebook, it could even show their name and a circle with their profile pic on their location.
Reimagine TomorrowLand. I'm at the main stage halfway in and I desperately need water. I ask around and offer to grab more water for everyone else in my group. While I'm at the counter, a notification occurs and Ashley and Mark both want a bottle of water too, so I purchase two extra. After I purchase four waters I look back at the sea of people; it looks daunting. I pull out the hangout app and literally follow the physical map location of my friends. As I walk through the crowd, or identifiers get closer and closer. I'm 10 feet away and still don't see them. I walk a little further and there they are. For anyone who's been to one of these events or even a small nightclub... this would be a LIFE saver. I can't tell you the number of times we've given up and missed out on seeing an amazing show next to our friends.
The possibilities of this app are endless. It's not just for party kids in their twenties. Any time anyone meets up with anyone, they should start a hangout with this app. If you're meeting up for coffee in Seattle, start a hangout with that person and never be left in the dark about how far away they are while you sit their awkwardly pretending to sip your empty cup of coffee.
You go to the mall with your girlfriend and get into a bit of a tiff. You want to go to the Apple store and she wants to go to Nordstroms to shop for handbags. Although you could just text, she's going to shop around for a while and she doesn't want to keep updating you on where she is. Instead, you guys start a hangout and after you're done at the Apple store, you can let her know you're heading over, already knowing her location, and meet up with her directly.
I dare you to try and find your friends without this app:
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