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Yelp Brings First US Augmented Reality to iPhone Store
- aditya 17y ago3GS only. :-( I wish they could do AugR without the compass, even if it was a bit halfassed...
- potatolicious 17y agoJust tried it, even with the compass it's still a bit halfassed. The internal compass simply isn't accurate enough for this - and the margin of error is huge. I have had the iPhone think I'm facing in the direct opposite way. IMHO we can't get true AR until we actually start making sense of the picture coming into the camera.
- sho 17y agoYelp Brings First US Press Release Simultaneously Utilising Buzzwords "Augmented Reality" and "iPhone Store"
- frossie 17y agoConfused. The OP says it was a hidden feature, not a press release?
- paul9290 17y agoYes but that's called marketing (viral). An easter egg found by a prominent blogger whose audience would spread the word and to press outlets. Wonder how many more easter eggs we will now see in apps?
- aditya 17y agoalso, i think AR uses an undocumented API (another reason to use an easter egg) so I can see apple pulling this app.
- sho 17y agoreadwriteweb is one big continuous press release. Yelp scored with this one. It's all a game. That said, I personally think AR will be absolutely freaking massive so it's actually good to see them trailblazing in this new space. Kudos. edit: Actually, I think AR will obliterate much of what we know as the web today. I advise HN peeps to go watch a japanese show called Dennou Coil. That's the future right there and if you don't believe me, go watch anyone playing nintendogs on DS.
- mtrichardson 17y agoI know a couple of the ReadWriteWeb folks and I would never characterize them as "one big continuous press release." In fact, quite the opposite.
- sho 17y agoWell, thank you for your opinion.
- jrockway 17y agoUh, I've had "Augmented Reality" via Layar on my Android phone for quite a while. In the US. So instead of "first", they should probably use the word "second".
- jeroen 17y ago"to iPhone Store". No one is claiming this is the first AR app.
- derwiki 17y agohave you had good luck with Layar? I can't get my Android to notice that I'm turning with it and I always see the same landmarks
- jrockway 17y agoTechnically, everything works fine. I don't see what AR buys me over a map, though. I find Google Sky Map to be a more useful use of the same data. (GPS + compass + accelerometers.) That is one cool application.
- hyperbovine 17y agoIs anyone else as bummed as I am at the thought of having to hear the phrase "augmented reality" bandied about for the next 5-20 years?
- blasdel 17y agoAt least it's less bullshit than what Jaron Lanier spewed for decades
- teeja 17y agoIt'll become AugR or AR or something. Damn jargonistas. EDIT: Oops .. shud have read all the comments first. Sorry jargonistas, what I really meant was ...
- sho 17y agoI can't decide if I want to yell at you for writing "shud" or praise you for conserving bandwidth while preserving all information.
- bkudria 17y agoAmen.
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