First iPhone 3GS augmented reality app awaiting approval
New revolutionary app points out nearest London tube stations, available to Apple iPhone 3GS users only
By Nick Spence
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Macworld.co.uk
, 07/09/2009
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A new iPhone application from acrossair will be amongst the first to utilise revolutionary augmented reality technology in combination with the magnetic compass
found in the iPhone 3GS.
London based acrossair, billed as a hybrid collective company, is currently waiting for Apple to approve Nearest Tube, a London
Underground application.
"Forget boring 2D tube maps! Try this amazing new application that tells Londoners where their nearest tube station is via
their iPhones video function," says acrossair.
"When you load the app, holding it flat, all 13 lines of the London underground are displayed in coloured arrows. By tilting
the phone upwards, you will see the nearest stations: what direction they are in relation to your location, how many kilometres
and miles away they are and what tube lines they are on. If you continue to tilt the phone upwards, you will see stations
further away, as stacked icons."
Nearest Tube, will only be available to Apple iPhone 3GS users.
Acrossair are also the team behind TVGuide.co.uk, a wonderful free iPhone and iPod touch application, awarded five stars and Macworld Editors' Choice last month. The application is the number one free application in UK Apple iTunes App Store.
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