New App to Keep Track of Friends & Family on the Slopes It’s a common problem: you’re skiing with your family and friends and decide to go one way, but the group splits into three, and all of a sudden, you are spread across the mountain. You play telephone tag, trying to identify where you are and how to get back to each other. Now, there is an app trying to make […] Gear Liam Abbott | March 8, 2021 0 Comments
FATMAP: Hi-Res 3D Ski Mapping App Launches in the Alps FATMAP, a new ultra-high resolution 3D ski mapping app, officially launched this week at three European resorts. The app offers unprecedented accuracy and detail, with a resolution of 2m (compared to google maps’ 30m), as well as numerous other features that are “set to revolutionize skiing and snowboarding”, say the creators. Detailed freeride mapping shows exactly where the hidden off-piste lines are, including […] ameliatraynor | February 10, 2015 0 Comments
Squaw Valley, CA is Making a Google Glass App for Skiing: Squaw Valley ski resort in California will be the first company in the world to launch a ski and snowboard app for Google Glass. If anyone is gonna do it, it makes sense a ski resort near Silicon Valley, CA to do it. The question is: Do you want skiers and riders wearing google glass and playing with an app while they ski? Maybe it’s fine. Maybe it’ll make them better? Maybe it’ll be a distraction? Google Glass is like wearing a computer on your face and cost about $1,500. […] Industry News SnowBrains | October 15, 2014 9 Comments
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