Augmented Reality Apps to Arrive with iPhone 3.1 Update
The L.A. Times reports that Apple will begin allowing developers access to the tools they need to produce augmented reality applications starting with upcoming iPhone OS 3.1. While there have been many impressive demos floating around showing the possibilities, these applications have used unpublished APIs which prevent them from being allowed on the App Store. Apple, however, told one developer that the tools necessary would become available with iPhone 3.1.
The New York City version of this app is called Nearest Subway and is demoed in this video:
Augmented reality uses the device's GPS, camera and digital compass to overlay real-time data onto live video. Other possibilities include iPhone games as well as the Layar browser we've highlighted before. iPhone 3.1 has been seeded to early developers but the exact release date has not been revealed.
Apple told Acrossair, developer of the Nearest Tube train finder, that the app will be approved for distribution after Apple releases version 3.1 of the iPhone software, which the developer expects will land in early September.
The New York City version of this app is called Nearest Subway and is demoed in this video:
Augmented reality uses the device's GPS, camera and digital compass to overlay real-time data onto live video. Other possibilities include iPhone games as well as the Layar browser we've highlighted before. iPhone 3.1 has been seeded to early developers but the exact release date has not been revealed.
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33 months ago
Sounds like Jenna Fischer's voice (from The Office).
This will be a whole new class of app, like goggles but practical.
This will be a whole new class of app, like goggles but practical.
33 months ago
Very cool--is it September yet?
While I'd love to think 3.1 is "just around the corner," September does sound realistic. I have enough little problems with 3.1 that getting it soon would make me fear they haven't all been fixed. (And in the case of one 3.0 issue, Apple actually contacted me to get the logs on my phone that will help them track down the cause. I had no idea they did that.)
While I'd love to think 3.1 is "just around the corner," September does sound realistic. I have enough little problems with 3.1 that getting it soon would make me fear they haven't all been fixed. (And in the case of one 3.0 issue, Apple actually contacted me to get the logs on my phone that will help them track down the cause. I had no idea they did that.)
33 months ago
Wow.
Speculation time! Okay, so does something like this, which will quite obviously bring in a flood of apps that would find this feature useful, hint more towards an iPod touch with a camera? Honestly, there are already many people who can't get their app to the iPod touch users, which likely makes for more than half of the app store customers, due to the limitations of said iPod's hardware.
Anyone agree?
Speculation time! Okay, so does something like this, which will quite obviously bring in a flood of apps that would find this feature useful, hint more towards an iPod touch with a camera? Honestly, there are already many people who can't get their app to the iPod touch users, which likely makes for more than half of the app store customers, due to the limitations of said iPod's hardware.
Anyone agree?
33 months ago
That is one of the most amazing things I have technologically seen in awhile.
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