Tired of big companies and "social" media taking everything about you and selling it to each other in an ever-escalating effort to squeeze more attention from your brain and more money from your wallet? Instead, want to use technology in service of better and more human connections in the real world?
Yeah.
Marquis! is a fun little app that turns your iPhone into a marquee display in your hand. Wave it back and forth to send a message: your words turn to pixels to light over the air to eyeballs. Great for sports events, protests, concerts, streets, anywhere that your hand can be seen. No claims that it will change the world, but it lets you use your phone to interact with others in reality rather than as a vehicle for isolation on the internet.
Privacy: We do not collect any information from Marquis! Not how you use it, not when you use it, not where you use it, not anything about who you are, nothing. (If you use it to display something private to those nearby, that's your choice!)
Support: Marquis! can take a little practice to get the hang of. It can help to try it with the phone facing you at first, so you can see how it works. Feel the rhythm of the phone's pulses, and once you've got the rhythm, start waving in time to it. The taps should feel almost like the phone is knocking into something at the end of each swing. The more consistent you are with your swings, the better it will look. If something is broken or not working, please email support (at) overthevoid . com