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Apple to bring Augmented Reality in Apps
Techtree News Staff, Jul 27, 2009 1718 hrs ISTThrough iPhone OS 3.1 update
After releasing the iPhone OS 3.0 update, Apple immediately pushed iPhone OS 3.1 update to the developers. Apart from new bug fixes and taking care of issues and improvements, many new features would be included in that iPhone OS 3.1 update. LA Times Blogs reported that Apple will officially bring support for augmented reality apps with iPhone OS 3.1 update. This update is expected to come out in September, which occurs to be iPod family update period as per Apple's Product update cycle for iPods.
Augmented reality is a combination created by superimposing computed virtual world over real world where graphics get blended and show real-time results as per the changes in real footage.
After Apple launched iPhone 3GS with built-in Digital Compass, the iPhone developers rolled up their sleeves to make the best of over 1000 APIs in the iPhone OS 3.0 update. Now, with the iPhone OS 3.1 update, Apple is said to enable Augmented Reality app development as well.
Augmented reality apps for iPhone 3GS will make use of phone's digital compass, GPS and auto-focus camera. All three functions will be used to produce graphical information data in real-time on the touchscreen while the camera is in live video mode.
Acrossair, iPhone app development firm's Nearest Tube app is one of the first augmented reality apps which will be approved only after Apple rolls out iPhone OS 3.1 update.
Check out the Nearest Tube demo video below:
After iPhone 3GS with digital compass and autofocus camera, the iPod Touch would totally be missing out on those features. The rumors of next iPod Touch with camera is already buzzing web. It's quite likely that Apple's next generation of iPod Touch will have digital compass and auto-focus camera. Now, we got to wait for September.
Augmented reality is a combination created by superimposing computed virtual world over real world where graphics get blended and show real-time results as per the changes in real footage.
After Apple launched iPhone 3GS with built-in Digital Compass, the iPhone developers rolled up their sleeves to make the best of over 1000 APIs in the iPhone OS 3.0 update. Now, with the iPhone OS 3.1 update, Apple is said to enable Augmented Reality app development as well.
Augmented reality apps for iPhone 3GS will make use of phone's digital compass, GPS and auto-focus camera. All three functions will be used to produce graphical information data in real-time on the touchscreen while the camera is in live video mode.
Acrossair, iPhone app development firm's Nearest Tube app is one of the first augmented reality apps which will be approved only after Apple rolls out iPhone OS 3.1 update.
Check out the Nearest Tube demo video below:
After iPhone 3GS with digital compass and autofocus camera, the iPod Touch would totally be missing out on those features. The rumors of next iPod Touch with camera is already buzzing web. It's quite likely that Apple's next generation of iPod Touch will have digital compass and auto-focus camera. Now, we got to wait for September.
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