Nearest Tube IPhone App Adds Digital Directions To Your Surroundings

@Sacha Cohen: wow, its called a mental compass. find yourself a line of reference for yourself in your city and think about your current location and heading with respect to that and you'll always know which way is which. In Houston for example, I always know where I-45 is, so I always know which way is north. When I lived in Australia I knew where Beaufort street was, which also ran N to S. It's not rocket science - a citizen of any city should know these types of things to avoid screw ups like the one you are describing.

sublimnl

Now thats a great idea!

@Michai: your comment makes no sense

@Yeebles: You don't have to hold it up the entire time, just look at the direction you are meant to go, put your phone away start walking, when you feel like you've walked a substantial portion of the distance shown in the app, take your phone out again and check where you are comparatively.

Sacha Cohen

@diabolusunknownTheSecond: If you need to get to a particular place and you know you need to travel on a particular line, and there is one station 10km to the west and one 10km to the East, it would be great if you didn't have to walk to one to find out that you had to walk the 20km back to the other. Being from London, I can't wait to get my hands on this app.

Sacha Cohen

If someone walked around oblivious to suroundings holding an iPhone up I'm pretty sure it would get nicked. Especially as you walk down a less crowded street in London like where the video appears to be.

Yeebles

Well, needs a comparison video against Android's Layar now.
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Specially because SPRXmobile promised they will also make an iPhone 3GS version.

Bokusatsu_Tenshi

I like this. It's almost like a heads up display for us land dwellers. I'd like to see more apps like this too.

apeguero

@xshortx: It's okay dude. They are working on a ban of all sharp pointy objects.

Total rip-off of Layar

draiko

@ironman1266: Not soon enough.

TonyRockyHorror

Nice idea! I look forward to seeing more apps like this...

clearbox

Great idea and really well made but if you really think Im going to walk around London staring at my iPhone then you have another thing coming! People get stabbed around here just for the white headphones, you are crazy if you think anyone other than tourists would walk around like that. Not to mention that almost every street corner in the city has a sign for the nearest tube station.

xshortx

Hope the frame rate is faster than 22.352 meters per second (better download that conversion app) because if its not I'm running you over because you weren't using your own damn eyes. Should have just asked for directions like a normal human being. Silly fan boys, reality gets chicks not iphone dicks.

Oh my Lord....That's amazing. My jaw literally dropped.

@diabolusunknownTheSecond: Some people can't read a map worth crap.
Then again, map app with auto turning will be useful for anyone.

Charles Ip

I've been hoping something like this would develop since AR was news a few years ago. Just waiting on HUD glasses with built in camera that make you look neither like a tool nor a pervert/stalker before this really becomes practical.
Nevertheless, this is really cool - even if right now it's more of a gimmick than a practical application.

Wow that audio was terrible....man their soundboard guy was on drugs during that shoot.

jboy06

Jesus the woman's voice in that video was as audible as the voices played on the actual freaking tube.

Learn to control your levels, people!

dLMN8R

so how long until we all have HUD's with software like this built in?

Interesting how the autofocus kept popping up. I guess that means there's no easy way to disable that in the API?

I love AR, and can't wait for more of these. Seriously, a long over due technology.

ITIL_Prince

Its a good idea, but looking at a map on your phone just makes more sense and keeps you from looking like a fool when walking around with a phone up to your face.

This is just another "thats neat" app.

The best use for augmented reality is Wikitude. Again, another "thats neat" app but a little more interesting.

diabolusunknownTheSecond

Very cool example of a practical application of augmented reality. This could be really useful.

LPAkira

for Chicago? do want.

hypocalypto

wow. completely amazing!

David Asgarian

video is dead?

leozuck