A peek at Orbit

Introducing a fun and easy way to meetup with nearby friends and discover interesting people around you.

Oliver Waters
Aug 25, 2017 · 2 min read

See more of your friends and family

Missed opportunities to see friends and family happen frequently — whether you’re around the corner from each other, visiting the same city or both attending the same event. Our friends are often around us but it’s difficult to find and meetup with them without some forward planning.

Orbit answers the questions of “Where are you?” and “Are you available?” in a fast and frictionless way that keeps you in control of your privacy. For each friend you can choose to share the district you’re in or just the city you’re in. If you’d like to temporarily share your precise locations with each other, or with a group of friends, you can easily arrange a ‘Meetup’ in a few taps.

Whenever you’re free to socialise, just set yourself as ‘available’ and nearby friends will be notified of where you are and what you’re in the mood for.

☕️ Free after a meeting? Catch up with a nearby friend for a coffee.

🛬 Just landed? Easily let your friends know you’re in town.

🍹 Just finished work? See who’s around and free for a drink.

Discover interesting people around you

Beyond our friends and family there are the people around us that we don’t know and opportunities to broaden our social and professional circles.

Become ‘discoverable’ to tap into a hyperlocal network of people in your area and at the places you visit. Orbit will show you profiles of other discoverable users, match interests you both share, and let you break the ice with a quick message.

🎟 At a conference or event? Check-in to see who else is attending.

👋🏻 Looking to meet new people? See who’s nearby with similar interests.

🏡 Just moved home? Discover and meet people in your new hometown.

Connect with the people around you

Interested in taking Orbit for a spin? We’ll be launching soon on iOS and we have plans for an Android app a little later. If you’d like to be the first to know when we hit the App Store, just head over to our website and register!

UPDATE: The app is now live on the App Store!

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Oliver Waters

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Product Designer and CEO at d3i. Co-founder of Orbit, Momento, Stache and Typify.

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