Hello,
I’m working on the Unity application which should “know” when the user is close to a certain area in the office with the help of Estimote beacons.
Which one works better with Estimote proximity beacons in your opinion?
Maybe you would recommend completely different beacons and different Unity plugins?
Thank you very much in advance!
There’s no one really good option here, sadly.
Generally speaking, we recommend the Estimote Proximity SDKs for use with the Estimote Proximity Beacons. There’s no ready-made Proximity SDK plugin for Unity though, so either you’d have to build your own “bridge”/plugin, or go with something else.
Ready-made, 3rd-party (= not built or endorsed by Estimote) plugins you could choose from:
https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/integration/ibeacon-15260 [last update Oct 2018]
Uses iBeacon (see this comparison between iBeacon and Estimote Proximity SDK: https://developer.estimote.com/ibeacon/), doesn’t use any Estimote SDKs, just generic iBeacon-detection techniques.
https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/integration/estimote-unity-79776 [last update Mar 2018]
Uses iBeacon and the Estimote SDK, so you also get some Estimote-specific features like Estimote Cloud access.
https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/input-management/awe-estimote-75136 [last update Nov 2017]
Uses iBeacon or Eddystone and the Estimote SDK, so you also get some Estimote-specific features.