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AR Planes: Discover nearby planes in augmented reality

35 points by fvargas 9y ago

dingaling 9y ago
Looks pretty though I can't try it out since it's iPhone-only but a few thoughts: 1. It's not a new concept, both the Planefinder and FR24 apps already have an AR point-and-tell mode on Android and iOS. The main difference is that this app seems to draw an orientated cartoon of each aircraft by type. 2. What is its back-end data feed? From Planefinder or FlightAware APIs perhaps? Without knowing that we can't determine what aircraft will appear, though I suspect it's only going to work for aircraft which transmit full ADS-B output ( large airliners & really expensive modern smaller aircraft ) 3. In fact there's very little information about it at all. So it's not clear if it supports FLARM ( gliders ), PilotAware ( small private aircraft ) or Mode-S Multilateration. Does it implement the FAA's BARR list to elide corporate aircraft? I don't intend to sound critical but being in this 'space' as a feeder to several tracking networks I've seen layperson friends rush-out to try these sort of apps and then become disappointed because they don't show the Cessna in which their son is doing his flight-training. Addendum: also irritating that it displays the flight plan using the IATA three-letter codes. No-one files a plan using those, and they only cover a small proportion of all airfields.
- calstephens 9y ago
  Hi, I made AR Planes and I have a few follow-up questions. Could you email me at cal@calstephens.tech so we can chat some? Thanks! Cal
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seanwasere 9y ago
Add some screen shots showing drones
Odenwaelder 9y ago
Too expensive to try. EUR 4.49 is too much for something without any kind of practical use.
danieldrehmer 9y ago
An indispensable resource on a terrorist's toolset
10dpd 9y ago
Why do the planes not move?
- codewritinfool 9y ago
  they're moving for me. at least i think they are.
TimMeade 9y ago
great concept. Too expensive.....
brent_noorda 9y ago
Works great. My passion is convincing people that air flight is environmentally wicked and you just shouldn’t do it. One barrier I hit is people thinking “there aren’t enough flights going on to make this a problem”. This app gives a visceral, visual counter argument to that, and lets the user quickly see how very far those flights are traveling. Thanks for making it. (Don’t suppose you’d add a feature to show how much fuel is being burned :-)

35 points by fvargas 9y ago

Looks pretty though I can't try it out since it's iPhone-only but a few thoughts: 1. It's not a new concept, both the Planefinder and FR24 apps already have an AR point-and-tell mode on Android and iOS. The main difference is that this app seems to draw an orientated cartoon of each aircraft by type. 2. What is its back-end data feed? From Planefinder or FlightAware APIs perhaps? Without knowing that we can't determine what aircraft will appear, though I suspect it's only going to work for aircraft which transmit full ADS-B output ( large airliners & really expensive modern smaller aircraft ) 3. In fact there's very little information about it at all. So it's not clear if it supports FLARM ( gliders ), PilotAware ( small private aircraft ) or Mode-S Multilateration. Does it implement the FAA's BARR list to elide corporate aircraft? I don't intend to sound critical but being in this 'space' as a feeder to several tracking networks I've seen layperson friends rush-out to try these sort of apps and then become disappointed because they don't show the Cessna in which their son is doing his flight-training. Addendum: also irritating that it displays the flight plan using the IATA three-letter codes. No-one files a plan using those, and they only cover a small proportion of all airfields.

calstephens 9y ago
Hi, I made AR Planes and I have a few follow-up questions. Could you email me at cal@calstephens.tech so we can chat some? Thanks! Cal

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seanwasere 9y ago

Add some screen shots showing drones

Odenwaelder 9y ago

Too expensive to try. EUR 4.49 is too much for something without any kind of practical use.

danieldrehmer 9y ago

An indispensable resource on a terrorist's toolset

10dpd 9y ago

Why do the planes not move?

codewritinfool 9y ago
they're moving for me. at least i think they are.

TimMeade 9y ago

great concept. Too expensive.....

brent_noorda 9y ago

Works great. My passion is convincing people that air flight is environmentally wicked and you just shouldn’t do it. One barrier I hit is people thinking “there aren’t enough flights going on to make this a problem”. This app gives a visceral, visual counter argument to that, and lets the user quickly see how very far those flights are traveling. Thanks for making it. (Don’t suppose you’d add a feature to show how much fuel is being burned :-)