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ARgo Augmented Reality App

admin — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 05:55:21 +0000

ARgo is the latest of the augmented reality navigation apps to hit the App Store.

ARgo – new reality in your iPhone 3GS!
Explore your city: look around you through the new reality, aiming the phone camera to any building nearby or just in any direction. ARgo will show you right on the image from the camera of your iPhone 3GS:
- nearby cafes, ATMs, subway stations, shops and malls
- photos, made by the users
- the most interesting places of the city, facts from Wikipedia™
- location of any companies that you need (Google local search results)

App Store Link: ARgo (free)

Cheap Gas Augmented Reality App Review

admin — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 05:30:10 +0000

We have seen augmented reality apps that cover many different purposes, but have yet to see one that locates cheap, local gas. Cheap Gas! is now officially owned by GasBuddy.com and the latest version of the app is nearly perfect. Upon first launch you are asked permission to use the GPS to locate your current position. Within a second or two you are presented with a list of gas stations, sorted by distance or price, and showing the last recorded price and the time that record was made. Pressing on an entry brings up additional information including the prices for Plus, Premium and Diesel and a map button. You can even add your own station reports. The ‘Cyborg’ button engages augmented reality mode where you get a compass arrow, and the listings displayed over-top of the camera view.

We found that the app performed quite well, our only gripe was with the augmented reality mode. Compared to Layar or Acrossair Augmented Reality Browser, the tracking of the waypoints is rather choppy. When it comes to finding the closest cheap gas, you can’t do better than Cheap Gas!

App Store Link: Cheap Gas! (free)

Ghost Hunter AR App Review

admin — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 05:10:37 +0000

Ghost Hunter AR is an app from NeverBored Studios that has you using your iphone’s camera to shoot ghosts as they fly around you. The description states that, ‘Ghosts attack from every angle in real-time and are not visible to the human eye. However, they can be located using the iPhone compass and viewed using the iPhone camera.’

When you first launch the app you are presented with the Play button, along with Help, Credits, and More. Pressing play launches the camera view. The top left shows your health and ammo, the bottom left shows your radar which alerts you to incoming ghosts. The lightning bolt in the lower right allows you to fire your lightning weapon. As the ghosts appear you shoot them and your kill count is tracked on-screen. While the graphics could use an improvement, the addition of limited ammunition made for tense moments. This app is currently offered for free in the App Store and is definitely worth picking up.

App Store Link: Ghost Hunter AR (Free)

hideNtweet Augmented Reality App

admin — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 07:48:18 +0000

hideNtweet is a free social networking augmented reality app available in the App Store.

Bring back the fun of schoolyard hide and seek in the real world, playing with your friends and some very scary ghosts. Hunt and hide using an interactive map to find your way! Tag other players with your camera! Snap real pictures of our virtual ghosts! Tweet your taunts and victories right from hideNtweet with our full-featured Twitter client!

Start your own solo game, join up with friends or meet nearby hideNtweeters! Snap a pic of home base and you’re it. Chase down the other players and all the ghosts who sneak into your game before they tag home. Post your pix and tweets online to record the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat.

Stella Artois Le Bar Guide

admin — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 06:04:27 +0000

“Stella Artois Le Bar Guide is a pioneering new app from Stella Artois enabling you to select and navigate to the best bars.” Unfortunately the app didn’t seem to work in our state as it brought up a message saying there was a regional legal issue. This is a real shame as the app seems like it is a great use of augmented reality technology. Hopefully things will get sorted out sooner or later, but in the meantime, feel free to try it for yourself as the app is currently free in the App Store.

Fusing a real-world view of your immediate surroundings in augmented reality, with an extensive guide to the best bars around the world, this application is an essential aide to discovering a perfect bar near you.

Bar reviews and ratings make this app the perfect on-the-go guide for discerning bar goers. Beer connoisseurs around the world can now join Stella Artois’ global quest for perfection in beer experiences, finding and savouring the perfect Stella Artois – poured according to the time honoured pouring ritual and served in the iconic Chalice glass. Those seeking a perfect setting for people watching, a lively dance spot, or just a great place to meet with friends can quickly and easily select a bar according to their preferences – from New York to LA to London.

uTourX

admin — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 04:52:42 +0000

uTourX (free) offers Augmented Reality College Tours on your iPhone. Get the inside scoop on college life with student-created tours of four top colleges:
• Harvard
• Yale
• MIT
• Stanford

Get these tours for FREE during the uTourX launch!

High School Students

Enjoy uncensored student-created tours of top schools. Each tour has 75-100 “tour spots” with funny stories, insider tips, and down-to-earth perspectives on what student life is really like! Use the cutting-edge Augmented Reality view to point your phone at buildings to learn more.

WhereMark

admin — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 04:43:40 +0000

Welcome to WhereMark! The augmented reality app that will enhance how you experience your environment. WhereMark will find your next meal, get you to the nearest subway, lead you to a museum and remember where you parked your car. You can even create your own wheremarks, augmenting reality however you like – remember a new nightspot or favorite place in the park. Look through the Visor to see wheremarks floating in the world.

WhereMark is a quick reference that lets you explore and learn with Wikipedia entries and local search. Search the area to find what you are looking for and then call or get directions right from the app.

Keep a travel companion in your pocket. WhereMark will deliver you to a museum or a place to eat wherever you are in the world.

Twittality : Augmented Reality Tweets

admin — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:18:08 +0000

Twittality : Augmented Reality Tweets - (Free) is a twitter Augmented Reality (AR) visualization tool. It is part of my research at the CLARITY Center, University College Dublin as part of my PhD. This application will contain incremental updates to add features to the application.

Heads Up Navigator: 3D Augmented Reality Navigation

admin — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:48:03 +0000

Heads Up Navigator: 3D Augmented Reality Navigation (free) provides an immersive, “augmented reality” navigation experience by overlaying floating 3D labels directly onto the world around you, as shown by your phone’s built-in camera. The display tilts and pivots as you move your phone through real space, letting you easily visualize landmarks and addresses near you.

Layar Augmented Reality Browser

admin — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 02:14:00 +0000

Augmented reality startup Layar yesterday announced that its Layar Reality Browser iPhone application [App Store, Free, iPhone 3GS only] has been approved and is now available in the App Store. Layar is one of the most prominent augmented reality platforms, which take advantage of the GPS and digital compass capabilities of the iPhone 3GS to overlay information on video feeds from the device’s camera.