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Bionic Eye: First Augmented Reality App for the iPhone

4 points by BorisBomega 17y ago

tewks 17y ago
An augmented reality app for the Paris metro has been in the store for a month, as has Yelp's easter egg: shake three times to activate the feature so as to avoid the reviewers! http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/first_iphone_augmented_reality_app_appears_live_in.php http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/first_iphone_augmented_... http://mashable.com/2009/08/27/yelp-augmented-reality/ http://mashable.com/2009/08/27/yelp-augmented-reality/
- tfh 17y ago
  Nearest Tube iPhone App has been posted 2 months ago and I don't think it was the first iPhone AR app..
  - tewks 17y ago
    They had a YouTube video ages ago; it looks like they finally made it into the store the other day: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=322436683&mt=8 http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftwa...
- BorisBomega 17y ago
  That Paris Metro app is from the same makers: http://www.presselite.com/ http://www.presselite.com/
Tichy 17y ago
I must admit, it looks fairly simple. Just using compass and GPS, presumably? I don't think it interprets the image from the camera. Still, might become a hit.
fossuser 17y ago
This augmented reality app for android looks nice too. http://layar.com/ http://layar.com/
dkersten 17y ago
I'd say we can expect a sudden surge of augmented reality apps over the next, maybe, two years. It should be pretty interesting! What I like about these is that they use readily available consumer devices - it was waiting to happen, of course, but it took a bit. Personally, I would love to see more stuff done with audio though, something I worked on in uni.
idleworx 17y ago
This reminds me of the Wall-E movie where everyone is fully emersed in their personal digital device and totally oblivious to the world around them. Instead of staring at a screen while walking down the street I'd rather ask someone for directions. But who knows in the future they may be too busy with their own augmented reality app to notice...

4 points by BorisBomega 17y ago

tewks 17y ago

An augmented reality app for the Paris metro has been in the store for a month, as has Yelp's easter egg: shake three times to activate the feature so as to avoid the reviewers! http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/first_iphone_augmented_reality_app_appears_live_in.php http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/first_iphone_augmented_... http://mashable.com/2009/08/27/yelp-augmented-reality/ http://mashable.com/2009/08/27/yelp-augmented-reality/

tfh 17y ago
Nearest Tube iPhone App has been posted 2 months ago and I don't think it was the first iPhone AR app..
- tewks 17y ago
  They had a YouTube video ages ago; it looks like they finally made it into the store the other day: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=322436683&mt=8 http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftwa...
BorisBomega 17y ago
That Paris Metro app is from the same makers: http://www.presselite.com/ http://www.presselite.com/

Tichy 17y ago

I must admit, it looks fairly simple. Just using compass and GPS, presumably? I don't think it interprets the image from the camera. Still, might become a hit.

fossuser 17y ago

This augmented reality app for android looks nice too. http://layar.com/ http://layar.com/

dkersten 17y ago

I'd say we can expect a sudden surge of augmented reality apps over the next, maybe, two years. It should be pretty interesting! What I like about these is that they use readily available consumer devices - it was waiting to happen, of course, but it took a bit. Personally, I would love to see more stuff done with audio though, something I worked on in uni.

idleworx 17y ago

This reminds me of the Wall-E movie where everyone is fully emersed in their personal digital device and totally oblivious to the world around them. Instead of staring at a screen while walking down the street I'd rather ask someone for directions. But who knows in the future they may be too busy with their own augmented reality app to notice...