London Tube
London Tube is an iPhone application that allows you to search for the nearest London Underground stations in augmented reality.
London Tube also lets you download (for a small fee) other points of interest databases to the application. These include Food & Drink, Leisure, Attractions and Accommodation. Using London Tube you can then locate all the nearby points of interest that you have downloaded on Google Maps and through the Augmented Reality view.
The London Cycle Hire (TfL) docking stations have just been added to the Leisure point of information database. Now if you download the Leisure POI's you can locate the nearest Cycle Hire docking stations to your present location. You can either view the nearest docking stations on Google Maps or view them in augmented reality.
In the augmented reality view the iPhone vertical position will give you a 360-degree view of all docking stations near your location, updated in real time as you walk the streets. The iPhone horizontal position will display a list of all the nearest docking stations. When a docking station is selected, a red arrow (compass) is displayed to show the direction and the distance to that point.
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Showing posts with label augmented reality. Show all posts
Showing posts with label augmented reality. Show all posts
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Monday, May 24, 2010
Time Travelling with Google Maps
Museum of London - Street Museum
The Museum of London have created a great iPhone application to showcase hundreds of images from its collections.
You can use the included Google Map or use the iPhone's GPS to pinpoint your current location. You can then view images from the museum's collection that are in your vicinity. If you hold your iPhone up you can then look through the screen and see the historical image superimposed on the present day view.
The Creative Review have been testing the applications' augmented reality function. They have some truly astonishing screenshots of historical photographs overlaid on the modern view as seen through an iPhone.
This is probably the closest you will get to real time travelling until Dr Who drops in.
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The Museum of London have created a great iPhone application to showcase hundreds of images from its collections.
You can use the included Google Map or use the iPhone's GPS to pinpoint your current location. You can then view images from the museum's collection that are in your vicinity. If you hold your iPhone up you can then look through the screen and see the historical image superimposed on the present day view.
The Creative Review have been testing the applications' augmented reality function. They have some truly astonishing screenshots of historical photographs overlaid on the modern view as seen through an iPhone.
This is probably the closest you will get to real time travelling until Dr Who drops in.
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Wednesday, May 19, 2010
GeoCoded Art on Your Mobile Phone
GeoCoded Art
Geocoded Art is a great website that is busy mapping the world's fine art paintings. When I first reviewed the site back in February I said I'd like to see the site available as a mobile phone application. Geocoded Art have contacted me to tell me that they are now available as a layer in the augmented reality platform Wikitude.
Currently only the 'Paintings of the Netherlands' is available but if you live in the Netherlands then you should definitely check this out. As I don't live in the Netherlands I can't get a screenshot of Geocoded Art in Action on Wikitude. However if you check out the video below and imagine the text on the phone is replaced with a painting you should have a good idea of what the Geocoded Art layer achieves.
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Geocoded Art is a great website that is busy mapping the world's fine art paintings. When I first reviewed the site back in February I said I'd like to see the site available as a mobile phone application. Geocoded Art have contacted me to tell me that they are now available as a layer in the augmented reality platform Wikitude.
Currently only the 'Paintings of the Netherlands' is available but if you live in the Netherlands then you should definitely check this out. As I don't live in the Netherlands I can't get a screenshot of Geocoded Art in Action on Wikitude. However if you check out the video below and imagine the text on the phone is replaced with a painting you should have a good idea of what the Geocoded Art layer achieves.
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Thursday, February 18, 2010
The Chinese New Year on Google Maps
Tiger Beer iPhone App
Tiger Beer have released an iPhone app that lets Londoners discover entertainment and activities in the city to do with the Chinese New Year. Of course, the app also lets you find nearby restaurants and bars that serve Tiger Beer.
The app includes a game and an augmented reality feature. The AR feature allows you to view points of interest around you through the phone's screen.The game invloves guiding a vehicle around the streets of China Town delivering DJ decks, fireworks, and Tiger beer.
Via: Mashable
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Tiger Beer have released an iPhone app that lets Londoners discover entertainment and activities in the city to do with the Chinese New Year. Of course, the app also lets you find nearby restaurants and bars that serve Tiger Beer.
The app includes a game and an augmented reality feature. The AR feature allows you to view points of interest around you through the phone's screen.The game invloves guiding a vehicle around the streets of China Town delivering DJ decks, fireworks, and Tiger beer.
Via: Mashable
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Wednesday, January 6, 2010
AR + Wii + Google Maps = Cool!
Midair 30cm
I'll bet you'll want this. I know I do.
The Midair 30cm site has a download link, which might just be the code to create your own Augmented Reality & Wii controller Google Map - just don't blame me if it isn't!
Other Wii & Google Maps goodness
Wii Jogging with Street View - Wii jogging game using Street View
MapWii.com - a Google Maps mashup of worldwide Nintendo Wii numbers (a identifier unique to each Wii system).
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I'll bet you'll want this. I know I do.
The Midair 30cm site has a download link, which might just be the code to create your own Augmented Reality & Wii controller Google Map - just don't blame me if it isn't!
Other Wii & Google Maps goodness
Wii Jogging with Street View - Wii jogging game using Street View
MapWii.com - a Google Maps mashup of worldwide Nintendo Wii numbers (a identifier unique to each Wii system).
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