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The L.A. Times reports that Apple will begin allowing developers access to the tools they need to produce augmented reality applications starting with upcoming iPhone OS 3.1. While there have been many impressive demos floating around showing the possibilities, these applications have used unpublished APIs which prevent them from being allowed on the App Store. Apple, however, told one developer that the tools necessary would become available with iPhone 3.1.
Apple told Acrossair, developer of the Nearest Tube train finder, that the app will be approved for distribution after Apple releases version 3.1 of the iPhone software, which the developer expects will land in early September.
The New York City version of this app is called Nearest Subway and is demoed in this video:
Augmented reality uses the device’s GPS, camera and digital compass to overlay real-time data onto live video. Other possibilities include iPhone games as well as the Layar browser we’ve highlighted before.
Below is another video that shows wat could be possible with augmented reality. With the large community of developers for the iPhone, it is expected to see many apps with augmented reality imbeded in it.
iPhone 3.1 has been seeded to early developers but the exact release date has not been revealed.
\\ tags: augmented reality, iphone os
July 26th, 2009 at 7:54 am
Can someone explain to me how it is possible that in video 1 she is using a 2G phone (see rim) and anyway runs an app using the digital compass only present in the 3GS iPhone??
July 26th, 2009 at 4:38 pm
I don’t see how it could be an iPhone 2G. Can you explain to me how you can see that? The rim looks the same as the iPhone 3G and 3GS. The title of the video says it is a 3GS and since the person is using the compass I presume the title is correct.