A new iPhone application from acrossair will be amongst the first to utilise revolutionary augmented reality technology in combination with the magnetic compass found in the iPhone 3GS.
London based acrossair, billed as a hybrid collective company, is currently waiting for Apple to approve Nearest Tube, a London Underground application.
"Forget boring 2D tube maps! Try this amazing new application that tells Londoners where their nearest tube station is via their iPhones video function," says acrossair.
"When you load the app, holding it flat, all 13 lines of the London underground are displayed in coloured arrows. By tilting the phone upwards, you will see the nearest stations: what direction they are in relation to your location, how many kilometres and miles away they are and what tube lines they are on. If you continue to tilt the phone upwards, you will see stations further away, as stacked icons."
Nearest Tube, will only be available to Apple iPhone 3GS users.
Acrossair are also the team behind TVGuide.co.uk, a wonderful free iPhone and iPod touch application, awarded five stars and Macworld Editors' Choice last month. The application is the number one free application in UK Apple iTunes App Store.
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Mark Hattersley said on Wed, 08 Jul 2009
Looks awesome. Seems like everybody who said the compass was for more than just pointing out the direction was right. Can't wait to try this one out.
Bartsimpsonhead said on Wed, 08 Jul 2009
Looks good, and I guess they can expand it to 'Nearest Pizza Hut' or 'Nearest cashpoint" later on...
Ian Witts said on Wed, 08 Jul 2009
*Looks* great, but I wonder how much more useful this is than a solid 2D map?!
Also, the video is completely superflous! It doesnt recognise buildings, etc ... so you're just as well not to have the video and just have the boxes / arrows up on the screen against a clear background.
Still, a good advert for the 3GS and a decent app in its own right.
Dan said on Wed, 08 Jul 2009
Ian Witts I suggest you wait and see it in operation before slagging it off. Looks highly promising. I wish them the very best of luck. Any more apps like this and I may need to get a iPhone 3GS.
Gavin Read said on Wed, 08 Jul 2009
*Seems like everybody who said the compass was for more than just pointing out the direction was right*
I see RouteBuddy have been working on Ordnance Survey maps for the iPhone too. Great if they could work together for more than tube stations!
Ynda said on Wed, 08 Jul 2009
Now all I need is a decent upgrade path to get my 3GS!!!
qwerty said on Wed, 08 Jul 2009
Stand in the middle of London, holding your iPhone in the air with 'Mug Me' written across your back. :-)
So it shows you visually where tube stations are, as the crow flies. And hints at what it would be like if you had x-ray vision and could walk through buildings. Great :-)
Old qwerty said on Wed, 08 Jul 2009
I want it to be known that somebody else is using the same name as me.
Nice to know he's just as much a grumpy arse as I am ;-) saves me the effort of typing.
As a tech demo its pretty cool; whether it's of any pratical use is another matter. But it's good to see that the compass isn't as "useful as a box of chocolate frogs" (as somebody said around here) after all.
Jack Jones said on Thu, 09 Jul 2009
What happens when you get to the river and it sticks you in the middle of two bridges... Add a live satnav esq function to it, video with routes and it becomes really really useful. Otherwise it is just saying keep walking that way until you hit something... and then walk around it one way or the other.
Brasil said on Fri, 10 Jul 2009
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