'Layar' Shows Augmented Reality Possibilities on iPhone 3G S
A new augmented reality app called Layar is making the rounds on the web as an example of what can be done with Augmented Reality. Layer (via 9to5Mac) is described as the world's first mobile augmented reailty browser.
The app accomplishes this through the use of the Compass, camera and GPS embedded within the phone. The developer's video shows it running:
The app is first available for the Android devices but they are working hard on porting it to other platforms "with a prime focus on the iPhone 3G S.". The iPhone 3G S is the first Apple iPhone to contain a digital compass which is required for such applications.
Layar shows you what is around you by displaying realtime digital information on top of reality through the camera of the mobile phone. Just flip through the directory of layers and find ATM's, bars, houses for sale, hotels and other cool stuff around you.
The app accomplishes this through the use of the Compass, camera and GPS embedded within the phone. The developer's video shows it running:
The app is first available for the Android devices but they are working hard on porting it to other platforms "with a prime focus on the iPhone 3G S.". The iPhone 3G S is the first Apple iPhone to contain a digital compass which is required for such applications.
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35 months ago
Wiliam Gibson strikes again: He talked about just this sort of thing in his most recent novel, Spook Country, although in the book his characters wear VR helmets that are GPS-enabled to know where the wearer is and what they are looking at. (He also covered this territory back in 1993, in Virtual Light. There it was VR sunglasses that contain geospatially-tagged information.)
35 months ago
Yep, a new level will soon be reached re: value of a mobile computer (aka iPhone, etc.)
35 months ago
Pull this off and I'll be mighty impressed. Let's hope it's not vaporware.
35 months ago
Alright, it's a cool demonstration of what technology can do, but who in their right minds would use something like this? :confused:
So you lift up your phone, and look at the world through your camera lens, so it can tell you what each building is, even though there are signs that say it anyway? :confused:
Maybe I'm missing something, but this seems, pointless.
So you lift up your phone, and look at the world through your camera lens, so it can tell you what each building is, even though there are signs that say it anyway? :confused:
Maybe I'm missing something, but this seems, pointless.
35 months ago
Where are all the folks who were saying "whoop tee doo, a compass"?
This looks very cool. Things like information about hotel vacancy, room rates, real estate, restaurant menus, bus schedules. Great for larger cities.
This looks very cool. Things like information about hotel vacancy, room rates, real estate, restaurant menus, bus schedules. Great for larger cities.
35 months ago
This will come some day soon hopefully.
Maybe it will be the selling point for the next iPhone next year :D Built right into Google Maps!
Maybe it will be the selling point for the next iPhone next year :D Built right into Google Maps!
35 months ago
Lol, getting laid with Layar. This was all very close to Amsterdam's Red Light District. Next feature : find me a blond haired hooker that offers full service for a max price of €50.
35 months ago
Alright, it's a cool demonstration of what technology can do, but who in their right minds would use something like this? :confused:
So you lift up your phone, and look at the world through your camera lens, so it can tell you what each building is, even though there are signs that say it anyway? :confused:
Maybe I'm missing something, but this seems, pointless.
It's just a nice gimmick. It's just one layer more of information. You could point onto a building and it tells you when it was built or what's in there and so on.
Or for the army: you point on a building and it tells you if it's in a special zone or what the targets might be there. I think it could make life easier.
Why google maps on your phone when you could just as easily take a map with you?
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