The Project

In the 1980s, to get a better reception, Brazilians put Bom Bril on their TV antennas as it was believed to improve the broadcasting signal reception. If Stranger Things fans want to have a sneak peek on what’s coming next season, they just have to do the same with their mobile phones.

The Technology

Mobile phones use a magnetometer to sense the phones orientation and direction like a compass. Magnetometers are succeptable to anything metal, spiking the readings. We used this side effect to to allow users to "Tune-in" the broadcast to great effect.

To support multiple platforms, video playback, device sensors all within a short time frame, the app was developed using Flutter.

My Work

I developed the app using the Flutter cross platform framework. I leveraged an existing sensor package updating it to support the magnetometer. Using the magnetometer data I added in a calibration phase to allow users from different parts of the world, to calibrate the sensor range to the background magnetometer value. Users could then "tune-in" the video content as it was released throughout the launch week for Stranger Things season 3.

I additionally added off line and online language support to support American and Brazillian audiences. Allowing content to be dynamically updated. I used the notification package to support local notifications, set to announce when content was released. I additionally added the Facebook Advertising SDKS to both Android and iOS packages, implementing the required Flutter plugin architecture.