Monday, September 10, 2012

All the Top Augmented Reality Applications

By Antonio Margheriti


Presently there already are a number of augmented reality applications that are available on either android and IOS, at this point we are going to show a few of the best which are presently in the marketplace.

Wikitude World Browser - This integrates information with the real life with data from wikipedia and various sources. As you scan your camera all around where you are it will superimpose information regarding your current environment and track down tourist attractions in your area. Wikitude is among the frontrunners in augmented reality apps, winning 'Best Augmented Reality Browser' from 2009-2011. Points of interest can be identified from your latest locale and seen with a map, list, and also on an Augmented Reality (AR) camera perspective. Wikitude is now created for Android, iPhone, Blackberry, Windows Mobile, Symbian and Bada.

Layar - Is yet another early android augmented reality app and similar to that of Wikitude is likewise an augmented reality browser. The mobile application consists of numerous 'layers', in which offer numerous kinds of engaging and interactive abilities for example three-dimensional things and animated graphics. Making use of your locale there are several layers that can help you discover local tourist destinations such as, cafs, shops and other organizations, along with historical venues and monuments. There are lots of different layers that allow users to connect with ones own setting in novel ways, e.g. take part in games using their envrionment, look through virtual retailers in 3 dimensional and examine paintings electronically in the real world.

Google Goggles - This mobile app will allow you to take a imagine of a typical place and making use of image recognition software programs the app is able to compare and contrast the photo to others and try to find a match up and show details of that setting. The software is designed to supposedly possess the ability to recognise basically every little thing yet currently the application has the ability to recognise a variety of labels as well as attractions and offer the consumer info without having to search manually. It is also projected that the application might be able to comprehend printed words and phrases through OCR and possibly even know how to interpret the text into another foreign language. Another fascinating function that's been suggested by the designers is the app has the ability to recognize many leaves and flowers and provide user information regarding its components.

Space InvadAr - This particular application happens to be an augmented reality computer game which enables you to augment ones surroundings with aliens as well as spaceships that you must protect against. Need more clarification? I'll let the programmers, Zenitum, clarify for you"You are a highly trained extra-orbital fighter pilot, armed with tactical medium-yield nuclear implosion devices. They are Zengi aliens hell bent on destroying earth. Use your iPhone to control your extra-orbital ship in AR mode, from the comfort of earth. How do you win? You can't. But how long can you last?"

And so there you have it A quick breakdown of 4 of the most exciting and smoothest augmented reality applications presently available. This really is simply the start in this current market now keep an eye on this space for ideas to come




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