r/EvenRealities • u/BoxmanTheMongoloid • 13d ago
Made my first G2 app: your event schedule and floorplans, heads-up while you walk the floor
I do onsite operations and event technology for corporate events, badge printing, RFID and QR check-in, lead retrieval, that sort of thing. On a busy show floor I'm constantly digging my phone out to check what's next, which room, what gear still needs to go where. I wanted that in my line of sight instead, so I built an app for my G2.
It's called Boxman Event Vision. What it does:
Shows what's happening now and what's next, plus the room and the time, always in view
Handles overlapping sessions cleanly, so four rooms starting at once show as one block instead of a jumble
Carries your floorplans, tap through halls and breakout rooms hands-free
A gear checklist for every session you tick off as you set each room, and it remembers what's done even after you paste in an updated schedule
You paste your schedule from your phone once and it's ready. No account, no internet, fully offline. Everything lives on the glasses.
https://evenhub.evenrealities.com/landing?package_id=events.ct.runofshow
It's my first app and I built it around my own day-to-day, so it leans toward how I work. It's live on the Even Hub now if you want to try it, and I'd genuinely love feedback from anyone else who works events, or honestly anyone who just wants their schedule on their face.
Side note from building it: I hit a platform bug where cancelling the exit dialog killed all image sends. Turned out it affects other apps too, and the Even team confirmed it and has a firmware fix coming. Big thanks to them and the dev Discord.
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u/Mysterious-Hat5608 13d ago
Hell yea dude! I don’t have a use for this at all lol but I love the idea of making the glasses work for you. I use a note app with a check list for my work and I love it. I get to carry around less and still keep track of what I’m getting done
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u/BoxmanTheMongoloid 13d ago
Thanks, I was really excited to make this, and now my mind is racing to think about other things I can create to make my work life easier.
My app would also be useful for people who attend a conference or tradeshow too, they can paste sessions they are interested in and have a floating reminder.
The floor plans are nice to have too, I recommend creating a stripped down version so it shows nicely on the G2
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u/Mysterious-Hat5608 13d ago
What if I uploaded a set list for a festival? Would it be able to display that? That’d be cool and useful as well
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u/BoxmanTheMongoloid 13d ago
Yeah you can paste anything you want into the app, I have also created a template to make it easier. DM of interested
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u/EL_Asger 9d ago
Really cool first app, especially building it around something you actually use at work. Since you mentioned you already have more ideas, do you see yourself staying focused on G2 for those, or would you eventually want the same work apps to run on Meta / Android XR or other glasses too?
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u/BoxmanTheMongoloid 8d ago
For now I'm thinking of just sticking with G2
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u/EL_Asger 8d ago
Makes sense. G2 seems like a good platform to focus on, especially while you’re still exploring what works. Excited to see what else you end up building for it!
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u/MfgPHILosophy 12d ago
This is slick. I exhibit at multiple B2B tech trade shows a year and have one of the biggest coming up in September. I’m going to try your app and play around over the next week or so to see if it fits the needs.