Just got off the phone with Redg at Skout. Skout is presenting at Demo this afternoon, around 2:30pm PST. Demo is a launchpad for emerging technology, similar to TechCrunch 50.
Skout is bringing location-based dating to 10,000 social venues across the US. A special version of Skout will be running on 42″ touch-screens which people can use to send hard virtual goods in the form of music downloads, as well as the usual flirting and communicating.
Skout Out aggregates people nearby’s profiles and content. You can dedicate songs to people.
System also creates account on Skout, nice for adding new users easily.
Partnerships with online dating sites will be announced shortly.
Here’s the video. I shrunk it down to fit here, click video to make full screen.
Holy cow that is cool. Anyone remember back in the day when diners had phones in the booths and you could call other people in the same location? This is like that, on steroids.
The Skout iphone app launched recently and the system powered the in-conference messaging system at iDate in January.
This Tech Crunch post, Thanks To Skout, You Can Now Flirt Online Even When You Go Outside, explains Skout Out in more detail.
P.S. If you like Omnidate, check out Hangout’s demo video., which I found browsing TC50 for dating-related companies.
Don’t miss Skout at Demo at 2:30PM PST.
