What exactly is Geo IoT and what are the current applications of Geo IoT in the industry? A quick search for “Geo IoT” on Google returns about 568.000 results! Okay, I could either read about a dozen articles about the topic or just ask someone who works on it every day! Luckily for me, the good people at Bosch Software Innovations, one of the companies mentioned in the Research and Markets report, were more than happy to talk about it. – Research and Market report about “Geo IoT Technologies, Services, and Applications Market Outlook: Positioning, Proximity, Location Data and Analytics 2016 – 2021.” What is Geo IoT? Geo IoT will positively impact many industry verticals. Just as location determination has become an essential element of personal communications, so shall presence detection and location-aware technologies be key to the long-term success of the Internet of Things (IoT). In fact, Research and Markets predict that revenue from Geo IoT will reach $49 billion by 2021. Just like traditional devices/applications benefitted from location determination, it’s not hard to imagine, location data making a big difference with IoT as well. Revenue from IoT software services alone is predicted to reach $379 billion by 2021. Leaving aside all the PR-fuelled ideas, IoT has serious industrial applications. Sure, a lot of times that’s how it feels when you read about internet-connected toasters (a concept that I can’t understand, but if you do, please drop me a line.
Internet Of Things isn’t simply about connecting all our devices to the internet.
We are living in an era that many are terming as the Fourth Industrial Revolution – a time where many of the devices in our lives are now connected to the internet. But what about industrial applications? How are companies leveraging location determination in their workspaces? Internet of Things and Location A lot has been said and written about how Beacons are going to change our lives as customers. Apple and Google invested heavily in their Beacon standards and in combination with Internet Of Things, they aim to transform our retail shopping experience.
Indoor localization (and tracking) has been a developing industrial sector for many years now. The benefits of having the same ability indoors are unmistakable. It’s hard to imagine Uber’s existence without the ability to precisely know the location of their customer and the driver. Location determination has been the fundamental force behind many businesses of our age. We use it to navigate, to know how long it’s going to take for your Uber to arrive, to send our location, businesses use it to track their assets and countless other tasks that we do a daily basis with location. The ability to determine our location (outdoors) in a precise way is an integral part of our daily lives. Now read: Google expands Waze Carpooling service making the ground for its autonomous car business We’d love to hear about your experience with the feature in the comments below! iOS users, meanwhile, can make do with navigation guidance from Lightning McQueen (Owen Wilson) or Jackson Storm (Armie Hammer) who have lent their voice to Waze to promote the upcoming movie, Cars 3.
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Right now, the feature is available only to Android users, and the recordings cannot be shared (you’ll probably need to go for a drive to show off your crackerjack navigation skills). The street name prompts will come with the default built-in voice only. We recommend being extra careful if you get your kid to record these you don’t want to end up going right when you want to turn left. To access the feature, go to Waze settings, tap ‘Sound & Voice’ to access Voice recorder, and start recording basic phrases like: ‘ Turn left’, ‘Turn right’, ‘All set. Not only is this feature the ultimate step in personalization, it could be pretty useful in regions where locally customized voice commands are not available. And the app developers have conceded! A new feature called the Waze voice recorder now lets you record your own turn-by-turn voice directions to guide you on the road.Īnd if you, like most people, hate the way your voice sounds in a recording, you can always get a loved one to assist you. Morgan Freeman, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Stephen Colbert, T-Pain, Kevin Hart, Neil Patrick Harris… Waze’s list of celebrity navigators is quite long.īut one recommendation that would frequently pop up in the official Waze Suggestion Box was users asking for the ability to record their own voice. One of the coolest things about using the Waze app for navigation is listening to all those wacky celebrity voices giving you driving instructions.
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