Augmented reality: iPhone 3G S’ killer app?
Layar running on Android, but the iPhone 3G S could up the augmented ante.
(Credit: SPRXmobile.com)
While video recording, more storage space, faster processor speeds, and better games have been the main calling cards for the iPhone 3G S, the biggest reason to upgrade may be yet to come–and it has to do with the seemingly most innocuous feature of all, the magnetometer.
Imagine a browser in which you view the real world through a camera lens and a heads-up display picks out interest points amid the living cityscape. This type of augmented reality has been the stuff of science fiction, but the cell phone browser Layar by Dutch software developer SPRXmobile claims to make it real. See the video for yourself.
Layar takes the sort of GPS POI data in current map-based apps, like ATMs, houses for sale, or nearby hotspots, and displays them overlaid on the landscape as seen through the camera lens.
It’s debuting later this month for Android phones in the Netherlands–not exactly a huge starting demographic, but if it works, this could be the start of something big. …
Augmented reality: iPhone 3G S’s killer app?
How to turn your own city into The Matrix.
(Credit: SPRXmobile.com)
While video recording, more storage space, faster processor speeds and better games have been the main calling cards for the iPhone 3G S, the biggest reason to upgrade may be yet to come – and it has to
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Homer Simpson joins TomTom’s custom voices
This will go great with my "Simpsons Sing the Blues" cassette.
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Homer Simpson joins the ranks of Mr. T and John Cleese as a downloadable custom voice for TomTom portable navigation devices. Fans of the longest-running American prime time entertainment series can now listen to Homer “…
Originally posted at The Car Tech blog
Smart Black Box proves your innocence…or guilt
The Smart Black Box saves 15 seconds of video if it senses a collision.
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Earlier this year at CES, Eclipse showed us the DREC20000, an in-car video recorder that saves its last 20 seconds of footage if it senses a car accident. Unfortunately, the Eclipse device is …
Originally posted at The Car Tech blog
TomTom brings turn-by-turn navigation to iPhone
TomTom on iPhone
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With the announcement of iPhone OS 3.0, we knew that real-time, turn-by-turn navigation would soon become a reality on the iPhone. It was just a matter of when and how, and it looks like we finally got our answer on Monday.
Joining …
