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Buddy bearings: a person-to-person navigation system

Published: 10 April 2010 Publication History

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This paper proposes a mobile application to facilitate the meeting of people in unmarked spaces. We report on the concept, aspects of the work-in-progress implementation and future steps.

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CHI EA '10: CHI '10 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
April 2010
2219 pages
ISBN:9781605589305
DOI:10.1145/1753846

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  2. navigation

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