Observed arrival · 2026-09-26
Closest Ball brings a measuring walk to bocce
An iPhone app in development for measuring close bocce calls, with pétanque support labeled beta.
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- Bocce players resolving close scoring calls
- Worth noticing
- It reports a ± for each distance and flags pairs too close for the scan, directing players to measure those by hand.
Field notes
The described workflow is designed for a player to walk slowly around the balls with an iPhone camera, rather than hover overhead or tap each ball individually. The page says the scan produces a scaled court map, distance ranking, and score, with a ± attached to each distance; if two balls fall within its ability to distinguish, it points players to a hand measurement. Bocce is the tuned sport, while gravel detection for pétanque remains under refinement.
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