#ar navigation

‘Yahoo! MAP’ for iOS Now Has AR Navigation Mode in Japan

A blue path appears, giving you white arrows to indicate the direction you should travel. Footprints (and also sometimes ‘paw prints’) will follow you as you make your way to your destination. Sign posts showing distance remaining also appear periodically to show you how many meters are left in your journey.

AR navigation app promises better accuracy than GPS alone

AR City app for iOS uses Apple's ARKit to clearly outline where you have to walk, and highlights nearby points of interest based on what you can actually see.

Basic AR navigation works in any city that Apple Maps covers, but the visual positioning is only available in central London, Mountain View and San Francisco.

تخيل نفسك في مدينة جديدة، تتجول بين شوارعها المتعرجة، باحثاً عن وجهتك وسط زحام المباني، لا تحمل خارطة ورقية، ولا حتى اسماً مكتوباً بخط اليد. بدلاً من ذلك، ينبض هاتفك الذكي بين يديك، يرسم لك الطريق خطوة بخطوة، ليس مجرد خطوط على خريطة جامدة، بل مشاهد حية، نابضة بالحياة، كأنك ترى المكان بعينيك قبل أن تطأه قدماك. هذا هو سحر Live View في جوجل مابس، التقنية التي أعادت تعريف تجربة المشي في المدن. في هذا…

Google Maps Live View überlagert nahe gelegene Orientierungspunkte, um die AR-Navigation zu erleichtern

Google Maps Live View AP -Navigation

Google Maps Live View verwendet Augmented Reality, um Pfeile, Wegbeschreibungen und jetzt Orientierungspunkte über die reale Welt zu legen und die Navigation zu vereinfachen. Die Funktion erhält heute eine Reihe großer Updates.

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Mit Live View können Sie heute sehen, wie weit und in welche Richtung sich ein Standort…

Apple has reached an agreement to work with indoor mapping solutions company, Dent Reality, on providing indoor AR navigation.

Apple U.S. patent application illustration

Dent Reality announced the deal in a March 31st tweet:

https://twitter.com/DentReality/status/1244983476790743040

Jonny Evans for Apple Must:

Dent Reality is a UK firm that has been incredibly active in the development of indoor…

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Brian Crawford of The River’s Edge (and soon-to-be The Metal Edge) joins Sorg and Chilla to talk about this week’s tech news.  Of note, they’re talking about:   Brian is sharing some news about The Metal Edge! We’re learning things – like Pittsburgh has the 3rd largest metal scene. Brian is talking about his Chrome remote desktop app as his Awesome Thing of the Week. p.s. That Chrome remote…