Hey, That's a Great Ideamobile | Hey, That's a Great Idea http://heythatsagreatidea.com Tue, 15 Feb 2011 00:26:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Realtime Data Overlay http://heythatsagreatidea.com/2009/06/realtime-data-overlay/ http://heythatsagreatidea.com/2009/06/realtime-data-overlay/#comments Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:45:50 +0000 the idea collector http://heythatsagreatidea.com/?p=416 Augmented reality is old news in academic circles, but a new application called Layar may well the tipping point, bringing really useful information to the mobile-device-carrying masses.

The app uses a mobile device’s built-in camera, magentometer, GPS, and data connection to determine where the user is at and what they are looking at. Then it gathers relevant geographic information and displays it over the camera image. Just watch the video.

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