ARound: Augmented Reality Browser Application for Nokia N97, N86 and 6210 Navigator This is Augumented Reality app for Nokia N97. Main Futeres:
•Use of Data Source plugins, which allows third-party developers to add their ow n sources of information.
•Display different details of each point of interest, including hiperlinks to external resources.
•Being a pluggable component makes it possible for third-party developers to include it as a customized view into their applications.
Over the last year many so-called “augmented reality” applications have been popping up, specially on the Android platform. While the concept is not new (research on the proper field of Augmented Reality dates back to the ’90s), it has generated some mediaattention lately. Unfortunately there is no mention so far of any similar application on Symbian smartphones, so Sequence PointSoftware S.L decided to bring this function on S60 devices. The result is ARound. This project aims to fill the gap by providing a prototype application featuring the use of sensors (GPS and compass), camera and location based services.
The application overlays the image stream generated from the camera with markers of “Points of Interest” around the user. It hasbeen developed for the Nokia N97 and a hand full of other Nokia devices. Making use of plugins allows third-party developers tocustomize the application at different levels. The application is using the internet to download the Wikipedia, landmark and Twitter information.
Features
- Showing Points of Interest using Wikipedia information, landmarks and tweets
- Use of Data Source plugins, which allows third-party developers to add their own sources of information.
- Display different details of each point of interest, including hiperlinks to external resources.
- Being a pluggable component makes it possible for third-party developers to include it as a customized view into their applications.
This is a freeware applications I’ve tested on the N97 and the N86.
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