wePoker

Dries Harnie Elisa Gonzalez Boix Lode Hoste Andoni Lombide Carreton

Wouldn’t it be nice ...

}• Mobility

• Spontaneous gaming

• Social interaction

• Using the tools you have available

Yesterday’s connectivity

• Continuous (non-volatile) internet connectivity

• Less spontaneous setup (setting up rooms)

• Less social interaction (random strangers!)

=> Not compatible with ‘on the road’ scenarios

?

Connectivity today

• Spontaneous setup

Use of newest “ad-hoc” communication functionality:

NFC, QR, Wifi-Direct

• Multi-User FUN

Poker game up to 8 players

• Cross-Device

Phones, Tablets, Watches and TVs

Scales of Connectivity

Networks composed of mobile devices connected wirelessly

Scales of Connectivity

Zero Infrastructure

Networks composed of mobile devices connected wirelessly

Scales of Connectivity

Volatile Connections

Zero Infrastructure

Networks composed of mobile devices connected wirelessly

arg maxfun(x)

{x | x ∈ P{Phone,Tablet,Google TV, SmartWatch}}

ConnectivityAd-hoc connectivity between Server and Client

Interaction

Curled cards for private viewing

Interaction

Cards only display when

it is safe to do so.

BettingMulti-Touch

Gestures

for betting

Folding

Wifi-Direct and NFC

NFC Beam (propagating invitations)

QRCode and NFC/RFID

(when automated discovery is not possible)

Two phones- No infrastructure

Hotspot- No wifi-direct- No infrastructure

TV

Extra’s- Custom Nicknames- Avatars- SmartWatch

Accessibility (I)

- Haptic feedback (turn / win / lose)- Custom Interface that allows visually impaired users to play versus sighted people- Content-descriptions on OpenGL ES views- Talkback for all new cards

Accessibility (II)

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Analytics

Technology Stack

Proximitysensor

MoREnA

Pokerwe

Developed at V Hack Android @ Genk and London

Dries Harnie, Lode Hoste, Andoni Lombide Carreton, Elisa Gonzalez Boix

AmbientTalk team:

http://wePoker.info