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Anyway, glad we can have some more baloons.]]>Oct 14th 2009 11:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/layar-now-adding-layers-of-augmented-reality-to-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/layar-now-adding-layers-of-augmented-reality-to-iphone/
With a map and gps this would arguably be more functional than showing that information at a less convenient angle plus what I can already see with my own eyes.

Its all marketing, you wouldn't cover it if it was the former.]]>Oct 15th 2009 12:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/layar-now-adding-layers-of-augmented-reality-to-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/layar-now-adding-layers-of-augmented-reality-to-iphone/Oct 15th 2009 8:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/layar-now-adding-layers-of-augmented-reality-to-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/layar-now-adding-layers-of-augmented-reality-to-iphone/
People say, "But you can see tags right on buildings!" even in a good deployment you can only see that while staring through a 3" phones screen with poor resolution. It will just give everybody tunnel vision where they only pay attention to the grainy overlay on their phone; the rest of the world passes them by. It shouldn't be called "Augmented Reality", it should be called "Limited Virtuality".

And that's only on good deployments. I respect what the guys are doing at Layar, but frankly it's crap. Look at the picture above, it doesn't really put tags on buildings, it just gives you a first person perspective with pictures behind it. Of ten times the ballons don't match what you're seeing. The picture above is the best I've seen and that only works because it's being used 10 stories up. On the ground nothing ever matches up.

A top down map that orients to the direction you're facing is far more effective at giving you useful information.]]>Oct 15th 2009 8:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/layar-now-adding-layers-of-augmented-reality-to-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/layar-now-adding-layers-of-augmented-reality-to-iphone/Oct 15th 2009 3:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/layar-now-adding-layers-of-augmented-reality-to-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/layar-now-adding-layers-of-augmented-reality-to-iphone/Oct 15th 2009 4:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/layar-now-adding-layers-of-augmented-reality-to-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/layar-now-adding-layers-of-augmented-reality-to-iphone/
Groan...]]>Oct 15th 2009 8:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/layar-now-adding-layers-of-augmented-reality-to-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/layar-now-adding-layers-of-augmented-reality-to-iphone/Oct 15th 2009 8:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/layar-now-adding-layers-of-augmented-reality-to-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/layar-now-adding-layers-of-augmented-reality-to-iphone/note the battery percentage]]>Oct 15th 2009 3:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/layar-now-adding-layers-of-augmented-reality-to-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/layar-now-adding-layers-of-augmented-reality-to-iphone/Oct 15th 2009 4:49PM