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.
Irish Pub Guide
Have you ever been in a foreign city and wanted to drink a beer in a nice atmosphere? Irish pubs are known worldwide for always offering just that. With Wikitude’s Irish Pubs World you will always find the closest pub to sit down and enjoy your beer.
AR Jumping into Tourism – Schladming
Popular tourist areas can also use Wikitude to make information easily available to vacationers. Frequently, although the information is available to guests, it is difficult to locate. The Schladming Region has its own Wikitude World and within that world, guests can locate information about the lodges, mountains, and other destinations directly on their smart phone.
Windfinder.com
Para-gliders and surfers are always looking for the hottest place to find the best winds. Though the data is available online, it doesn’t help much if you are already out and about. Now on Wikitude you can find the latest local information. You can be standing by a calm bay and just get out your smart phone and find out where to go to find the best winds!
Toilette Guide
AR can make your daily life much easier by showing relevant local information on your smart phone’s camera view. A team in Switzerland gathered all the available data about public restrooms in the country to create a toilette guide; this even includes details like handicapped accessibility.
The founder of the Swiss Toilette Guide said, “This idea came to mind because AR enables people to easily find their desired locations. Looking for a restroom can be particularly annoying and Wikitude simplified the process.”
Keep your data in control – geofinder.ch
An Alpine native who calls Switzerland home gathered a collection of more than 12,000 points of interest about mountains, lodges, hiking trails and other relevant information outdoor enthusiasts need to know in the Alps. You can find his collection of POIs on geofinder.ch and in the Geofinder World on your Wikitude World Browser.
How to Create a Wikitude World
Create your own World for Augmented Reality and browse through it with the Wikitude World Browser.
Similar to Websites for the Internet, you can create so-called Worlds for AR and it’s really simple.
Upload a KML file (Google Earth Format) or upload an ARML file (find out more about this file-format at http://www.openarml.org/wikitude4.html). Advantages of ARML format: Add POI details like telephone number, URL and an address to activate a “get me there function.”
Find step-by-step instructions on how to create Worlds for Wikitude at: http://www.mobilizy.com/addcontent
Keep your data on your server
Experience shows that every data manager who has spent years gathering and organizing their data wants to protect it. Wikitude appreciates all the hard work and in order to prevent the data from being abused, you can keep their information on your own servers. You can point Wikitude to the address of your files and the application will dynamically pull the data. The application itself does not even save any data to your server!
Dynamic Content
Another advantage of dynamic data is the obvious one. If you have information which changes daily, like events or the daily specials at your restaurant, you can update your Wikitude World more regularly and with ease. Wikitude now provides you with a web service which will allow you to deliver the dynamic data to Wikitude. For further information about this web-service, contact developers(at)mobilizy.com