So last year I got some VC to build my app "Horse Vision". Been out on iTunes for a while. Its my first shot at an app, and while this might not be the next killer app, its given me great experience in writting xcode and image detection & recongintion. Im now working on another commercial application of image detection.

The idea is when race horses are parading it reads the saddle blanket number and provides some odds. At the moment its only reading off photos. Next build should be off real time video.

Had a good meeting with Uni Tab about it. They might zuckerburg me, but thats the gamble.

Known issues
The app uses 3/4g data. At the track on busy days this sucks. Not much we can do about that at the moment tho :(

http://www.dugongsoftware.com/images/iphone5_horsevision_camera.png
http://www.dugongsoftware.com/images/iphone5_horsevision.png



Spoke to Trog verbaly about posting this, but just tweeted him too to make sure hes cool.

Some other product shots in low light
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BKiLAteCAAA-F_H.png:large

Spoke to Trog verbaly about posting this, but just tweeted him too to make sure hes cool.

Why does that seem backward to me lol

Nice work,
Is it difficult to code apps for mobile devices?
Have been considering this path recently as an outlet for my pending mid life crisis.

Very cool well done.

Are you going to do an android version?

Not too hard. The IDE is a seems immature coming from visual studio. Plenty of good books on IOS. Just need the time to work through them. Its all client server based atm so an android client could be built easy

The IDE is a seems immature coming from visual studio.

XCode is clunky, but its come a long way in the last few years (IB and XCode used to be 2 different programs and you had to manually sync).

The app uses 3/4g data. At the track on busy days this sucks. Not much we can do about that at the moment tho :(

You can use reachability to check whether on Wifi or 3g and then tailor downloads to do that. If your using core data then you can easily cache/keep a local copy which syncs to the server when its on wifi or needs to update stats.

Nice app (not that I do races often) - could have some nice geofencing aspects as well (being able to pull the data as you get to the track), stats and race guides as you arrive without having to open the app first.

Is it difficult to code apps for mobile devices?

HTML5 + phonegap ... no it's easy.

It's pretty good technology but I would consider trying to expand it's use to hit a wider market. At the moment it seems to be only aimed at people who watch the horses, at the track, whilst they parade, where the information is already on big screens already.

I'd imagine it being a feature of a wider betting app. You could perhaps try to sell it to one of those other betting app companies to be incorporated into their app as a side feature.

Ie Betting Online App - now with trackside live horse ID!

You could perhaps try to sell it to one of those other betting app companies to be incorporated into their app as a side feature.

Exactly. Had a good meeting with the CIO of unitab around this.

Worked well at doomben today. Bandwith was not an issue.

It's pretty good technology but I would consider trying to expand it's use to hit a wider market.

Agreed its a very small market, but was fun to build and we love going to the track. Got some public capital to build it too.

i punt but usually at a club or at home.

i like the concept it seems like a very niche novelty thing but I'm sure plenty of casual punters will like it. you should spam a promo for it before the Straddy weekend.

some questions - if it's using your camera all day how does it go on battery life? same with when you move to video. i imagine it will drain an iPhone pretty quickly.

it's often crowded around the mounting yard, how far away can you be and how long do you need to focus on a number to get a result?

would you look at adding interstate odds to compare markets? i guess if UniTAB take it on they won't do this.

would it be possible to add a link to your punting account, say a "Bet Now" button that takes you to your previously linked account (with any of the main outlets) to put your bet on for the horse your focused on?

nice work over all, i know who to come to when I have an app idea now :-)