BlackBerry 10 Dream App: Group Share

This is my BlackBerry 10 Dream App, Group Share. The name and the picture above should be pretty self-explanatory. Not sure if this is possible with the APIs yet, but one can dream. (Miracast? WiFi Direct?)


I would like an app to be able to share content to other BlackBerry 10 devices with the same app running. The content can be anything like picture, music, videos, webpages, documents, presentations, etc. The main device will act as an WiFi access point sharing out these content, so sharing still works even without a data or WiFi Hotspot.

Productivity:

This could be useful for both productivity, as well as entertainment. For example, when you are out for a casual meeting at a location with no presentation equipments, like a coffeehouse or restaurant for example. You can simply share the presentation or document with your client sitting across you without the need to pass him/her your device. This is a different use case for BBM Screen Share since it doesn’t make sense to really make a BBM Video call when you’re sitting across each other. It is just wasting data.

Entertainment:

Let’s say you’re out with a couple of friends at the beach, or a chalet. But you want to play some music but there is no sound systems other than your phones. Connect them up using the app, and the app will synchronise the devices to play the same music at the same time.

One thing I will like to elaborate is on playing Videos. As you see above, the main device will automatically cut the video into segments and then you can place the devices into their respective position. Since the Z10’s speaker is at the bottom, this app could take use of the positioning and allow for a stereo sound.

This is how I imagine the app could work for playing videos. Before playing a video, the app would search for connected devices, in this instance, 3 Z10s. Then the app would automatically work out the best position possible to maximise screen real estate, as well as speaker positioning. On each device, it will show you which device is yours. When you are in position, tap the “Ready” icon on the action bar, and when all devices are ready, the video starts playing, and the main device will cut the video into segments and broadcast to the correct device.

This could of course work for more devices too.

Well, this might be difficult to pull off, or perhaps even impossible at this point in time. Perhaps one day…