Wikitude
Wikitude Drive: Never take your eyes off the road again
Wikitude Drive is the worlds first fully functional mobile AR navigation system with global coverage (for Android 1.6 and above). It is a light weight turn-by-turn navigation system that uses Augmented Reality. Wikitude Drive is scheduled to launch in September 2010. Happy holiday!! Have a safe trip!
Wikitude World Browser
Wikitude World Browser is the very first Augmented Reality Browser for smartphone-users. It was published almost simultaneously to the first Android device end of 2008 (the G1).
Augmented reality (AR) is a term for a live direct or indirect view of a physical real-world environment whose elements are augmented by virtual computer-generated imagery (more details).
An Augmented Reality Browser scans your surrounding for (e.g.) geo-referenced content using the camera and the device’s sensors. The obects’ information is displayed in the cam right where the real object is located.
There are billions of places to discover in Wikitude whereat you are most likely interested the ones nearby. The World Browser collects the closest places of all local content providers, so you immediately know what’s happening around you. Each place (or POI, Point Of Interest) belongs to provider, a so called “Worlds”. Local Worlds are listed on strt-up, each one providing information of places around you. E.g. check “Wikipedia” to see all Wikipedia information around you. You can then watch it in a List, on a Map or in the Cam (AR-View). This way you always know what’s around you, no matter where you are.
One may want to find places relevant to a specific search-term – Wikitude also provides a powerful Location Aware Search, which scans all local Worlds for the specific term (e.g. enter “Pizza” to get everything related to Pizza around you).
Wikitude requires Compass, Accelerometer, GPS and Camera and is available for almost all devices with the requested hardware:
Android Phones, iPhone (3Gs, 4) but also some Nokia smart-phones.
If you want to upload your Content (and be listed as a “World”) feel free to contact us or have a look at Wikitude.me to you find more details on publishing places via file-upload or web-service.
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LG Optimus Ultimate Road Test
Last weekend I took the new LG phone Optimus GT540 to an ultimate road test. Well, it was not only a test, it was a test drive with Wikitude Drive. Wikitude Drive is a Augmented Reality navigation application we developed within the last year.
Wikitude Drive Beta – Thanks to all Test Drivers!
Once again, thanks to all test drivers out there for providing us with such valuable feedback, we are already working on many of your suggestions!!!
Press Release: Wikitude Drive Beta – Test Drivers Wanted
Wikitude Drive, the first mobile Augmented Reality (AR) satellite navigation system with global coverage, launches for test drivers.
Wikitude Drive Google I/O Update: Test Drivers Wanted
Wikitude Drive (Android) US Beta Test Phase starts Thursday, May 20, 10:00am PST !!
A few of you might remember our announcement of Wikitude Drive end of August 2009. For those of you who don’t, here is a recap:
Meet the Grand Prize Winner of the 2010 NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge EMEA
Back in February we announced the winners of the EMEA edition of the annual NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge. Austrian-based Mobilizy GmbH won with their mobile LBS application,
Wikitude Worlds – iPhone 3G Version Released
Wikitude, the No. 1 Augmented Reality Browser (“Augmented Planet”), is now available on the iPhone 3G. Though the iPhone 3G does not have a compass, the information and POIs are presented on a map.
With Wikitude, users can see Points of Interest in the surrounding areas. Of particular interest is “Hyper Local Content”, like news, special interest locations etc. Check out more examples already available in Wikitude.
Winning the Navteq Challenge 2010 Grand Prize with Wikitude Drive – The Inside Story
Sunday, Feb 14th was a great Day for Wikitude.
Andreas and I arrived in Barcelona on Thursday. So we had the whole day to settle in Barcelona. We used most of the day to work and to prepare our presentation for the judges.
Winning the Navteq Challenge 2010 Grand Prize with Wikitude Drive
Mobile World Congress, Barcelona – February 17, 2010 – NAVTEQ awards Austrian-based Mobilizy GmbH (www.mobilizy.com) the Grand Prize for the Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMEA) edition of the 2010 NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge® Wikitude Drive is the winning location based service (LBS) solution developed by Mobilizy which uses NAVTEQ® maps and offers an augmented reality camera mode and text-to-speech instructions, for turn-by-turn navigation. Mobilizy was the top winner over eleven other finalists who were each evaluated by a distinguished panel of judges comprised of executives from leading wireless and technology companies.
