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The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW): Use Augmented Reality to find your car
iPhone Alley - RSS: Car Finder Finds Your Car With Augmented Reality
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| 「Car Finder」自分が止めた車の位置がわかるiPhoneアプリだとか。 ディズニーランドで役に立ちそう。 http://bit.ly/1d3V6V 26 days ago |
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Use Augmented Reality to find your car
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) —
Filed under: iPhone, App ReviewI have to admit, when I park in a big lot, I often forget where old Betsy is. There have been more than a few iPhone apps to help you find your car, but Car Finder [iTunes link] uses augmented reality to get you pointed in the right direction.
Here's how it works: you get out of your car and mark your position, making sure you have a good GPS fix. If you don't have one, you'll be told that and see the accuracy of your fix in plus or minus meters.
You can give your location a name, and if your parking space is numbered, you can add that in. I guess that is helpful if you are ...
Car Finder Finds Your Car With Augmented Reality
iPhone Alley - RSS —
There have been a lot of apps in the App Store for helping you find where you parked your car, but now there's one that shows you where it is with the awesomeness of augmented reality. Car Finder [App Store, $0.99] lets you look around you into your iPhone and spot your vehicle as clear as day, regardless of seeing conditions.
iPhone App, Where's My Car?
Switched —
We love holiday shopping as much as the next person, but we could do without the mammoth parking lots (and our embarrassing inability to navigate them). Honestly, is there anything more demoralizing, after a successful raid on Walmart, than not being able to find your own car when you get outside? We think not.
Thankfully, there is hope for the ...
Car Finder iPhone App Uses Augmented Reality To Locate Your Car
GadgetReview —
Lose your car much? iPhone applications that use the handsets built-in GPS to mark a starting location are nothing new, but the Car Finder app not only stores your starting location, but uses the iPhone 3GS’ camera and compass to show you an ‘augmented reality’ of where your car is located. Note that you’ll have to have the iPhone 3GS in order for this app to work. You can grab it now for $0.99.
[via Cultofmac]
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Car Finder iPhone app
textually.org —
... Augmented reality Car Finder sees the iPhone's camera to overlay the direction of your car and how far away it is. The app relies on the camera and a digital compass, and is compatible only with the iPhone 3GS running 3.1 or later. ...


