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My Top Augmented Reality AR Apps for iPhone 3GS
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acrossair,
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Augmented Reality,
Ghost Hunt AR,
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Layar,
Orange Wednesdays,
Time Out London,
topsee,
Urbanspoon,
Yelp
The best features from tech come when a combination of great ideas create a truly useful idea. There's no point inventing the bicycle if it wasn't for that other great invention.
Augmented reality, AR for short means enhancing the environment around you in real time. Combining the internet, camera, touchscreen and compass you are able to simply launch one of the following apps, point and genuinely consume information that you might otherwise have missed. Most of the apps listed give you sponsored 'reality' and all will offer more context to your location. Here are my top apps.
2. Orange Wednesdays
£Free iTunes Link
First of all you don't need to be on the Orange network and it doesn't need to be Wednesday.
3. Layar (Reality Browser)
4. acrossair (Augmented Reality Browser)
5. Yelp
6. Time Out London
7. topsee (Last Minute)
Augmented reality, AR for short means enhancing the environment around you in real time. Combining the internet, camera, touchscreen and compass you are able to simply launch one of the following apps, point and genuinely consume information that you might otherwise have missed. Most of the apps listed give you sponsored 'reality' and all will offer more context to your location. Here are my top apps.
1. Urbanspoon
£Free iTunes Link
Starting with a simple problem of where to eat, Urbanspoon is a heavyweight eating out resource.
£Free iTunes Link
First of all you don't need to be on the Orange network and it doesn't need to be Wednesday.
3. Layar (Reality Browser)
£Free iTunes Link
Organised into thousands of digital views like webpages, Layar is less of an app but more of a browser for layers including Tweeps Around (3D) and London Tube Stations featured below.
4. acrossair (Augmented Reality Browser)
£Free iTunes Link
Further emphasising the use of layers, acrossair uses a clean, fast and efficient menu system to access digital views by big brands including Le Bar Guide (Stella Artois) and Gig Finder (Beck's) featured below.
£Free iTunes Link
Focusing on recommendation and community, Yelp helps you find the best business in your area organised into simple categories with real time reviews.
£Free iTunes Link
A wealth of mobile information emphasising ideas for great things to do.
7. topsee (Last Minute)
£Free iTunes Link
Literally topsee puts your cards out on the table. Effective though it's simplicity.
8. Compass
£Free
Default application on the iPhone 3GS. No downloaded needed. Weren't you taught how to use a compass in the cadets?
Bonus!
Ghost Hunt AR
