Doorjam – play your own theme music
Have you ever dreamed about having your own theme music? That perfect song that reflects your mood as you enter a room, drawing the attention of others towards you?
I know I have. Though that might be due to my desire to live in a Disney movie, or maybe just because I spent three years studying drama and live in a constant state of theatrical bliss.
Whatever the reason, it’s fair to say that Doorjam is an awesome build.
https://vimeo.com/183868335
Using a bluetooth dongle, repurposed as an iBeacon, the Doorjam mobile phone app allows you to select your theme song from Spotify and play it via a boombox when you are in range.
The team at redpepper have made the build process public, taking readers through a step-by-step rundown on their website.
So while we work on our own Doorjam build, why don’t you tell us what your ultimate theme music would be?
And for inspiration, I’ll hand over to Joseph…
6 comments
Douglas6
That’s a Bluetooth iBeacon, not WiFi, of course.
Alex Bate
Yeesssss, yes, yes. I’ve changed it :P
AndrewS
Reminds me of Ally McBeal ;-)
Jim Kane
I am confused on how this is a “step-by-step tutorial” since there are no links to the app that they use, and they explicitly state that the code snippets are “completely out of context” (and there’s no link to a repo).
Michael J
I use Doorjam. Pretty cool :p
steven
That was really cool.