First AR iPhone App Now Available
August 28th, 2009 | Friends | Categories: Augmented Reality, Inspiration, Mobile, Social, Technology | Tags: app, Augmented Reality, data, iphone, overlay, Yelp | No Comments »
Finally. Augmented Reality that I don’t have to WORK for. Only 3 shakes (fingers crossed)! The updated Yelp app contains an AR easter egg called “Monocle” that allows users to view business ratings overlayed on a video stream from their iPhone’s camera. Very cool considering how much I use Yelp.
“The best use case for this Yelp app might not be for finding businesses out of sight, but for pointing your phone at businesses you are physically near and discovering Yelp
reviews of those places.”
Full story here:
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/yelp_brings_first_us_augmented_reality_to_iphone_s.php
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