Sessions at SXSW Interactive 2012 about Location with audio

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Saturday 10th March 2012

• The Building Blocks for Indoor Navigation

  by Ants Maran, Josh Marti, Ankit Agarwal, Nick Such and Chris Broadfoot

  The prevalence of location-based services has been rising over the past few years, but they have yet to venture into the place where people spend 80% of their lives: inside buildings. Startups and large corporations alike are racing to build the infrastructure to make indoor LBS possible. Hear from a few of the players in indoor mapping and indoor positioning technologies as they discuss the future of indoor navigation.

  • Buildings
  • Location
  • Mapping
  • Services

  At 11:00am to 12:00pm, Saturday 10th March

  In Salon J, Hilton Austin Downtown

  Coverage audio clip write-up

Sunday 11th March 2012

• Ambient Location and the Future of the Interface

  by Amber Case

  UX designer Amber Case will share insights from her research in cyborg anthropology and talk about what really makes us human.

  • Cyborgs
  • Geolocation
  • Keynote
  • Location
  • User Interface

  At 2:00pm to 3:00pm, Sunday 11th March

  In Exhibit Hall 5, Austin Convention Center

  Coverage slide deck sketch note audio clip