Nice idea but there will be branding issues due to popular Anchor audio recording app network. Not sure who was first but it doesn't matter at this point. There will be brand confusion if both Anchors take off. Just wanted to raise awareness early on in case the founders didn't know. https://anchor.fm/
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@caprihiggins Makes sense. Wish you the best of luck. I like the idea. For what it's worth, anchor makes more sense with what you're doing than their case.... never understood it until you mentioned the anchorman reference... but still... they would've been better served with a more descriptive name like ShoutOmatic did.... or AudioBoo.... I would've chosen BullHorn but that's me, Mr. Subtle. :)
It will be interesting to see what happens. Even big brands with deep pockets like Facebook have had problems with brand confusion when they launched Paper when there was already an Award-winning app with that name. Then Dropbox launched its own Paper.... ugh....
Hi Capri and Andrew,
The really cool thing about this app is that it adds Mixed Reality to travelling - it's next level Snapchat.
I'm super curious, would you call Anchor.xyz, a social platform? And lastly who would benefit the most from using your app?
This. looks. awesome.
(Preface, don't have an iPhone) I'm a big fan of this idea - creating stories and leaving them places for others to see. The website is a sweet bonus as it could maybe help people get out and explore more too (not sure if this was on purpose, but an added bonus). Good luck on the whole "virtual reality"/augmented reality/mixed reality discussion!
Amazing work Capri and Andrew! You two are an unstoppable combo and it's incredible to see how much Anchor has evolved in such a short period of time.
Ps: Thanks for your service Capri and for being an inspiration for many other veterans trying to make the leap to tech.
We're super excited for the PH community to give Anchor a try! We think this is a great stepping stone towards true Augmented Reality. Hopefully the next iPhone will have positional tracking so we can add some additional features we think you'd love! 🤞
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