Location Based Service

A location based service or LBS, is an augmented reality style throwback to the pre-computing days. It is a service which is only accessible from a particular geographic location or set of locations, yet uses a mobile computing device.

Typically they use GPS enabled devices to determine the user's proximity to that specific location, with the service itself pinging the satellites when a request is made, to see if the device is in the proper physical location. If it is not, no service is offered. However, if it is, the augmented reality overlay is triggered and location-specific data is displayed over the top of the user's senses if their hardware allows for it, or simply displayed on the device if such hardware is unavailable.

What this content actually is, varies dramatically. It could be adverts, with the physical space being used as the location for interactive or otherwise multimedia advertising. It could be specific services only available at that locations such as for example, an augmented-reality enhanced tour of a specific property for sale as the person wanders round that property. It could be part of an AR game, with different physical locations triggering different events.

The possibilities are endless, but the one attribute they all share in common, is that once your computing devices leave the specific physical area, the service becomes inaccessible once more. This creates the possibility of services which the user may well remain completely oblivious to unless they are located in the correct physical space.

See Also: AR Game, Augmented Reality, LBS, Geographic Information Services

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civanon.org
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