We all go to the most diverse places: at home and at work, in coffee shops and nightclubs, in the cinema and on the beach. And sometimes more unusual ones: in the middle of the Grand Canyon, at the World Cup finals, near Niagara Falls or even on the top of Everest. And it often happens that at this time we want to share our thoughts and feelings with other people. With friends and acquaintances, with people around, and even with those who find themselves in this place after us.
And sometimes we want the opposite. Find out how things are in the restaurant on the coast, which is so liked during the last vacation. Or maybe take a look at a place where we have never been, say, to one of the trendy clubs in New York, to feel the atmosphere of this place. Or just find out if there is enough fun at a party to go there.
Finally, it's just great to know where friends and acquaintances are now and what they do. Then, instead of calling everyone on a Saturday night and trying to figure out where is more fun right now, you can just catch a taxi and go to
the same place.
Existing social and, in particular, geosocial services here can partly help. You can follow the activity of your friends on Facebook or Twitter. You can watch who happens in a particular place with the help of foursquare and Facebook places. But all the above tasks cannot be solved with their help, alas. Our everyday experience told us that a convenient tool for this would be useful to many. Therefore, we made the
Hyperclap .
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Hyperclap is a mobile phone application (currently only for iOS) that allows
- Post your thoughts and photos on the wall of any place and event located in close proximity.
- Comment on other people's posts.
- Follow the places, people and events to see all the updates in your news feed.
- Finding places and events in any corner of the earth with the help of a search (for this, however, you will need to know at least a part of its name).
To give you some idea of how this works, I'll just post some screenshots below. And if you are interested in this post, download the app and try it in. Our team would be glad to receive feedback from the community about our idea and its implementation.