Commercial applications of iBeacon
The commercial opportunities for iBeacon are endless. By adopting BLE, Apple have essentially brought location-based technology indoors and signed iOS devices up to the Internet of Things.
By formalizing a specification for the BLE technology for vendors and developers alike, Apple has essentially brought location- and proximity-based functionality indoors, which has obviously excited the home-automation community a great deal. However, it's the commercial app potential that excites most developers. The ability to understand, within a few feet, exactly where an iOS device is within a store, museum, or theme park means that we, as app developers, have been given a great big golden ticket of opportunity.
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