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Entry #12: Talking to Other Devices

Omocube can now work alongside other smart devices around it. All of its internal processing still happens within its own body and stays on-device, but it no longer needs to be the only smart thing in the room.

Here is Omocube controlling a screen in the room:

Omocube controlling the screen in the room to open its dashboard and website.

Finding each other​

Devices on the same local network announce themselves and what they are able to do, and Omocube discovers them on its own rather than being set up with each one by hand. All of this stays on the local network. It doesn't need the internet, a cloud account, or anyone else's server, so Omocube remains offline by default.

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Omocube stops being a standalone machine and becomes one device among many in a shared space, able to communicate and collaborate with the objects around it.