Proximity detection for shared computing experiences

A method of using device proximity to provide a shared computing experience, comprising:

• broadcasting an audio signal as a broadcast invitation;
• if a broadcasting computing device and a receiving computing device are proximate as verified by the receiving computing device's reception of the broadcast invitation, joining a shared computing experience between the broadcasting computing device and the receiving computing device that provides for inter-device interaction via a non-audio communicative link and based on a spatial orientation of the receiving computing device relative to the broadcasting computing device, where the shared computing experience is not joined if no response to the broadcast invitation is received, where the non-audio communicative link is established via at least one of a wired network connection and a Wi-Fi connection;
• retrieving historical data pertaining to prior interactions between the broadcasting computing device and the receiving computing device during the shared computing experience;
• and
• controlling the shared computing experience based on the historical data pertaining to the prior interactions.

A computing device comprising a logic subsystem and a data-holding subsystem holding instructions executable by the logic subsystem to:

• detect a broadcast invitation including an audio signature from a broadcasting computing device;
• identify the broadcasting computing device associated with the audio signature;
• in response to identifying the broadcast computing device, join a communicative link with the broadcasting computing device based on a spatial orientation of the receiving computing device relative to the broadcasting computing device to thereby form a shared computing experience including the broadcasting computing device;
• configure the shared computing experience as an interactive software experience that provides for inter-device interaction via a non-audio communicative link, where the non-audio communicative link is established via at least one of a wired network connection and a Wi-Fi connection;
• retrieve historical data pertaining to prior interactions between the broadcasting computing device and the receiving computing device during the shared computing experience;
• and
• control the shared computing experience based on the historical data pertaining to the prior interactions.