Vicinity vs How We Roll

Vicinity is the spatial network: the digital third space where you chat in real time with everyone around you. Meet people nearby, make friends in your neighborhood, and play live games together — tied to where you are, not who you follow. No followers, no algorithms — just your local world, live. Third places — the coffee shop, the barbershop, the park bench — are where neighbors used to become friends, and they're quietly disappearing. Vicinity brings that sense of community back, right where you are: open the app and you're in the room with everyone nearby, across multiple topic channels. Send message requests, create group chats, or join landmark rooms at iconic locations worldwide — but only if you're physically there. The internet you walk through, not the one you scroll. Potential uses • Meet new people nearby • Organize meetups by topic • Chat with others at a sports game, bar, or concert • Coordinate a class study group • Get help from a neighbor • Invite others to a block party • Recommend shows, restaurants, or events to people nearby • Ask locals for tips when traveling • Coordinate group activities • Host a game night with people nearby — trivia, chess, poker, and more Core features • Vicinity chat: multiple topic channels for your radius • Live Games: host or join real-time multiplayer games with people nearby — trivia, chess, poker, blackjack, werewolf, mahjong, and more • Landmark rooms: audio and text chat at iconic locations worldwide — only if you're physically there • Private messaging: send message requests to anyone you meet in the chatroom • Interests: add up to 5 interest chips to your profile so people nearby know what you're into • Avatars: upload a photo or make one from any emoji or interest — free for everyone • Apple Watch: glance at the chat around you and switch channels right from your wrist • Premium: group chats, photos in DMs, voice & video calls, ad-free, and more Stars — the fun economy • Earn stars FREE by winning Live Games or inviting friends • Spend stars on fun extras: chat colors, profile borders, badges, hosting events, and promoting posts • Gift stars or cosmetics to friends right in your DMs — chat colors, borders, and badges they keep • Trophy badges: climb the ladder from Bronze to the ultra-rare Diamond — the ultimate status flex Dark Mode Vicinity supports both light and dark mode. Privacy and security All location-based rooms are fully moderated. Distance sharing is optional — you control what you share. Download Vicinity. Community restored. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Jake: The exact moment I realized I was naturally gifted Maya: You knocked down 7 pins Chris: You also bowled a 73 Jake: Rest of the three were shaking with an amplitude of 2 feet. And by the way Why are we bringing statistics into this? Bob: How come none of us clicked the gold medal presentation Chris: May b bcos it never happened The fun doesn’t have to stop just bcos the event concluded Every picture has a story. A lore drop. The internal joke that happened. U smile looking at the picture recalling the scene. U want to say it but u r the only one watching that picture lying in the bed two days after the event concluded. Now u have to upload the picture to all the 14 guys who were at the event and tell them separately. In how we roll all the pictures taken at the event are in an album which can be seen by all the participants. U just say the funny thing u noticed in the picture no one noticed. U say it and it will be pinned on the picture. People laugh and join the conversation. The guy joins and wants to tell his side of the story as a defense. U wouldn’t miss the picture which was taken by someone else as u dive. It’s right there in the album and u wouldn’t even know such a wonderful picture was taken. It’s all powered by internet and is on the cloud. Add that one guy who missed the trip with something pressing in his life. He can see all ur fun and can talk You have your own gang of friends at your college or around your house and u hangout together. U find urself doing ur fun outings with that same gang all the time. All the fun u have with them stays in separate albums all the four years of your high school or ur college etc. The fun is never lost. It’s in the cloud for u to roast whenever something strikes u. The pics are not lost amongst chats and chats are not lost amongst pics The professional photographer at the wedding is busy capturing things on the stage. The fun and funkiness is in the candids clicked by the participants. The untrained uncles funny dance and the kids running, the emotions of the granny etc. Add the missing cousin who moved to Europe. Let her feel the wedding from all the pics taken everywhere all over the wedding. Let her say what she says on the picture and give her the story of the picture. Every picture has its story pinned to it Publish that diving picture u love on the social media side of how we roll or any social media in the heat of the moment. U don’t need to ask ur friends to share the pics after the event. It’s right in front of u How It Works: It’s starts with an event specific camera. When u create a relive on the app, the app provides u with an event specific camera that sits on the lock screen of the participants phones. Each click by participants contributes to the common event album Zero-Friction Sharing Forget opening apps or choosing folders. How We Roll turns your phone into an instant event camera 1. Create the Event: Set up your space for a wedding, party, or road trip 2. Invite the Crew: Friends join instantly via a quick QR code, an alphanumeric code, or a direct link 3. Lock Screen Camera: As long as the event is live, an event-specific camera widget appears right on your lock screen 4. Snap and Go: Just swipe or tap from your lock screen, take the photo, and you're done. Every single picture clicked with that camera drops instantly into the common, shared cloud album Epic story: Continue the fun complimenting and roasting each other. Say the lore drop u recall about the picture. Let the fun continue and people join and conversations roll Rolls: Publish the media you like to ur friends and family or to the world Likables of the app: Packs: Creating a pack and adding them to the event automatically adds that group of friends u always hangout with Cloud storage: All the media stays in the cloud and doesn’t eat up the space ok ur phone Lock Screen Camera: As long as the event is live, an event-specific camera widget appears right on your lock screen