Touch Grass Relay: Pocket Your Phone, Run with Friends, Reach God Mode

Описание и применение

Touch Grass Relay позволяет бегать с друзьями, оставляя телефон в кармане, и получать аудио‑подсказки и коллективные достижения, используя открытые веб‑стандарты.

Задача

Fitness apps force runners to look at screens for pace and navigation, distracting from nature and increasing risk of injury.

Результат

Runners can collaborate without looking at screens, unlock collective anime transformations, and receive audio coaching, all while keeping the phone in the pocket.

Рабочий процесс

• Create a squad room and share a 6‑character or QR code
• Teammates join via mobile browser within 3 seconds
• Run while the app enters Pocket Mode (screen black, wake lock active)
• Distance is pooled in real time and unlocks anime power transformations
• Audio cues announce milestone updates via Web Speech API
• After the run, a battle story, convex hull area, and badges are generated

Доказательства

Most fitness apps demand your eyes: flashing rings, complex pace graphs, and turn‑by‑turn prompts that force you to look down at your screen while running through nature.

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Touch Grass Relay turns that inside out. It is a collaborative, real‑time running web application designed specifically so your phone stays in your pocket the entire time.

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Hands‑Free Audio Coaching: The Web Speech API announces milestone updates and tier transitions straight to your earbuds: "Aura rising! 10 km combined. Kaioken unlocked!"

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Pocket Mode (OLED Power Saver): Once the run starts, the app enters Pocket Mode. The screen goes pure #000000 and engages the Screen Wake Lock API to prevent mobile operating systems from freezing background GPS and WebSockets in your pocket.

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