Description
Augment your world with the Wikitude World Browser, the acclaimed android application is now finally available on the iPhone. See the world through your phone’s camera view overlaid with Wikipedia content, Qype reviews and user-generated content from Wikitude.me (www.wikitude.me)
The WIKITUDE World Browser presents the user with data about their surroundings, nearby landmarks, and other points of interest by overlaying information on the screen of the iPhone.
FEATURES:
* Points of Interest (POIs) are displayed on your phone's camera view;
* Each POI displays a short summary of information within a "text-bubble";
* A radar-overlay displays the users current viewing direction and POIs within a specified radius;
* AR content overlays can be selected to filter which content channel the user would like to view;
* Categories can be used to filter the content;
* The distance slider allows you to filter POIs based on your distance and proximity to the POI;
* A freeze feature enables users to pause the current AR content overlay;
* A search feature enables users to search for specific Content;
* POIs can also be displayed in a list view given access to a more detailed description of a POI or access to an entire article through a hyperlink.
Supported languages: English and German
Requires iPhone OS 3.1
What's New in Version 1.2
- added map view
- improved search
- improved list view
- added POI caching
Customer Reviews
Wikitude.me is AMAZING!
The ability to create my own AR points of interest (POIs) is one feature that separates Wikitude from all other AR applications. This is one of the most user-centered AR applications available and I really appreciate the clean, simple interface.
Works Pretty Well
The interface is just a little bit clunky, but it is much more than i would ask of a free app. great job! If it could also search all of Wikipedia, that would be even more amazing.
Nice tech - is content sponsored?
All I get for content is the towns & neighborhoods around me & hotels. They're supposedly Wikipedia pages - but I know for a fact that here in historical Northern Virginia there are a lot more wikipedia articles near me than this shows (and are there really Wikipedia articles on every hotel??).
The most glaring example of this is the Manassas Battlefield - home of some of the bloodiest & most relevant battles of the American Civil War. There is a lot of Wikipedia content on that battlefield, but the only nearby "POI" this shows is the Fairfield Inn! In comparison, Google Earth for iPhone has several Wikipedia links directly on the battlefield.
I can't help but suspect the reason this is free is because corporations - most suspicously hotel companies - are making sure their "POI" is there at the expense of others.
- Category: Travel
- Updated Nov 07, 2009
- Current Version: 1.2
- 0.7 MB
- Languages: English, German
- Seller: Mobilizy GmbH
- © Mobilizy GmbH
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone 3GS. Requires iPhone OS 3.1 or later.
