As many of you will know, a few years ago Apple developed an indoor navigation technology, which is currently known as iBeacons, very low consumption Bluetooth signal emitting and receiving devices. These devices were regrettably going unnoticed in recent months, however Gatwick airport has decided to adapt to the needs of its customers by installing iBeacons throughout the infrastructure with the intention of guiding users, thus preventing them from getting lost. In addition, the installation of the iBeacons at Gatwick airport brings another very interesting novelty.
And why could this installation be so relevant? It is not just because the London airport has decided install over 2.000 iBeacons with their own battery stations throughout the entire airport, but this initiative will be accompanied by the creation of various applications of Augmented reality, which will allow users to know when they are about to miss their flights, guiding them as quickly as possible to the place of boarding, thus avoiding generating lost flights to customers, something vital in airports generally run by executives and business trips like this one, it will undoubtedly be an initiative quickly copied by other types of international airports of the style.
The key to Augmented Reality is that it will allow users to navigate inside the airport without taking an eye off the phone screen, but avoiding any type of accident, since users will see what they have in front of the screen. This is part of an important investment to update the airport's infrastructures, and without a doubt The installation of the iBeacons with the purpose by and for which Apple designed them is good news for the world of technology in general.
Quite like for people who are overwhelmed when traveling by plane and do not know how to guide ourselves through the station. The truth is that it has many uses and we will have to see how they are used.