Plantronics Developer Connection to Fuel Innovation for Context Aware Computing
In today’s world, billions of devices connect and communicate an
abundance of data about a person’s location, preference, activities and
availability. Plantronics is opening up a tremendous opportunity for
developers to utilize this data with the launch of a full-scale
developer community. Developers will now be able to create
“context-aware” applications that can anticipate or take action and
provide better experiences through the information generated by
intelligent Plantronics devices with Smart Sensor™ technology.
Developers can access the tools needed to create smarter, context aware
applications through the Plantronics
Developer Connection (PDC). By accessing the information from
Plantronics devices developers can incorporate presence, availability,
proximity, and caller information into their existing applications or
create a new segment of smarter applications. Incorporating this
information will result in more intelligent and intuitive human to
device experiences.
The PDC includes technical resources, forums and application programming
interfaces (APIs) through a new software developer kit (SDK) for
Windows® environments. The PDC is also a community for developers to
connect with Plantronics technologists and learn more about the software
possibilities enabled by Plantronics devices.
“Technology is about making our business lives more productive and our
personal lives more enjoyable. The next wave of productivity will be
driven by contextually aware applications that speed business processes
and workflows,” said Joe Burton, senior vice president Engineering and
Development and CTO, Plantronics. “Plantronics developed smart headsets
and devices with the capability to collect contextual information and
present it to applications in an easy to integrate manner. We are
opening API’s to this information so the software development community
can create innovative and useful applications that leverage contextual
intelligence from Plantronics.”
Resources for Developers
“Plantronics has been the most aggressive with regard to putting sensors
in their headsets,” said Rob Enderle, president and principal analyst
for the Enderle Group. “Giving developers access to these sensors, who
can then do even more amazing things with them, is the natural path to
take in order for Plantronics to step even further above its
competitors. Shortly, the real value for headsets may come from third
parties who think up amazing ways to use these sensors and personally,
I’m looking forward to being amazed.”
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