Applications Directory
Searching for augmented reality software? We can help you with that, whether you are looking for software for your smartphone or just a webased demo to show your friends you’ll find links to some cool software here.
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Mobile Applications
| Name | Platform | Description | More Info |
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| Layar | Android | Layar is a free application on your mobile phone which shows what is around you by displaying real time digital information on top of reality through the camera of your mobile phone | more |
| Wikitude | iPhone | WIKITUDE World Browser presents the user with data about their surroundings, nearby landmarks, and other points of interest by overlaying information on the real-time camera view of a smart-phone | |
| Wikitude | Android | WIKITUDE World Browser presents the user with data about their surroundings, nearby landmarks, and other points of interest by overlaying information on the real-time camera view of a smart-phone | more |
| ARound | Nokia (various) | ARound project is now in beta, a free download for the Nokia N97 and compatible S60 3rd or 5th Edition phones. The project's aim is to incorporate feed data from Twitter, from geonames.org and from landmarks databases, combining the live camera viewfinder and compass and GPS information to produce an augmented reality solution for Symbian | more |
| Robotvision | iPhone | Search for nearby locations, restaurants, points of interest -- you name it! All using the power of Bing local search. Discover photographs taken and geotagged by Flickr users in the area. Find and engage with people on Twitter in your area - all just by looking around like you normally would! | more |
| Satellite Pointer | iPhone | This is the next generation satellite finder: Point your iPhone anywhere towards the sky and see all the satellites lined up, on the live video screen! At a glance, you’ll see where the satellite is and whether any trees or buildings are blocking the line of sight | more |
| Sky Maps | Android | By using your Android phone's orientation sensors, we can show you a star map for your location. Explore planets, stars, constellations, and more! Learn the name and location of space objects and impress your friends. | more |
| Yelp (Monocle) | iPhone | To activate the hidden augmented reality feature, install the Yelp application from the app store, shake your iPhone 3 times and if successful you will get a blue box indicating that a new feature called Monocle has been unlocked. Now you should be able to overlay the search results | more |
| Gamaray | Android | You now have the opportunity to merge your virtual world with the real world. Gamaray is a free augmented reality browser for Android devices that uses the compass and GPS to place virtual 3D objects over the camera preview screen. The application finds, downloads, and interacts with these virtual objects using a web service called a "dimension". The platform is open, allowing anyone with web development skills to publish their geo-located content. | more |
| Nearest Tube | iPhone | One of the first augmented reality apps to go live in the iPhone AppStore. Forget boring 2D tube maps! Try this amazing new application that tells Londoners where their nearest tube station is via their iPhones video function. | more |
| NYC Subway | iPhone | One of the first augmented reality apps to go live in the iPhone AppStore. Forget boring 2D tube maps! Try this amazing new application that tells New Yorkers where their nearest subway station is via their iPhones video function. | |
| London Bus | iPhone | London Bus is a comprehensive guide to travelling through London. It includes the official London Buses map. London Bus map is licensed by Presselite from Transport for London (TfL). - Latest official London Buses map (2009). Landscape and portrait modes are available. - The map includes the key bus routes in central London, and provides all the best sights and attractions that the city has to offer. | more |
| London Tube | iPhone | London Tube is now available for the first time in the same application via in-app purchase. This option allows you to switch between the bus and underground systems at any time using the same application. This add-on includes the official London Tube map from TfL, locates the nearest Tube stations, and also offers a Journey Planner tool | more |
| Metro Paris Subway | iPhone | Metro Paris Subway has added the push notification support that allows you to be notified in background, even if you have closed the application. This new feature allows you to receive Paris Metro alerts in real time, when a disrupted line is detected, a notification is automatically sent to your iPhone / iPod Touch. A numbered badge to Metro Paris Subway application icon shows the current number of disrupted lines. This functionality is totally free. | |
| Paris Bus | iPhone | Paris Bus is now available for the first time in the same application via in-app purchase. This option allows you to switch between the underground and bus systems at any time using the same application. This add-on includes the official Paris Buses map from RATP with the key bus routes, locates the nearest bus stations, and also offers a Journey Planner tool. | |
| Traffic View | Android | Traffic View gives you access to over 250 traffic cameras directly from your Android device to help you see what the traffic is like and plan your journey. You can either view the cameras in advance to see what the traffic is doing and plan your route, or as you are driving the application will show you what the traffic is like ahead of you by showing you the view from the next traffic camera | more |
| Fanta Virtual Tennis | Nokia (various) | Augmented reality tennis for your Nokia phone | more |
| Virtual Fanta Crew | Nokia (various) | Interact with several augmented reality characters on your Nokia phone | more |
| TwittAround | iPhone | An augmented reality Twitter viewer on the iPhone 3GS. It shows live tweets around your location on the horizon. Because of video see-through effect you see where the tweet comes from and how far it is away. | more |
| Walkamap | iPhone | Have you ever find it is difficult to find a restaurant , car park , gas station ? And when you find a new place that you want to share to your friends, you have no way to post a photo of it , and tag its location. Walkamap is the ultimate solution for all those problem. | |
| Point&Find | Nokia (various) | Point your phone real life objects and find relevant information and services | more |
| AR Tower Defense | Nokia (various) | Tower defense game, build towers and kill the attacking monsters | more |
| AR Rougelike | Nokia (various) | Game were Pacman meets an RPG | more |
| Fairy Trails | iPhone | Shake the device to power the detector and then scan your surroundings for magical creatures. Fairy Trails uses the camera and compass of iPhone 3GS to merge the real world and game world in spectacular ways. For iPod touch users, a stunning forest setting is rendered for the fairies to inhabit. Simply tap the fairies, fireflies and butterflies to collect them in your jars. The more fairies you capture, the more power you'll have to detect the special quicker fairies! | |
| Vivify Picture Library | Android | Mobile tabletop AR library, that allows creating applications displaying interactive 3D animations on top of sheet of paper. The animations can be controlled by drawing figures on paper with marker. Code is available on request, open source release under GPL is planned in October. | |
| Bionic Eye | iPhone | Bionic Eye is a new application specifically developed for the iPhone 3GS that enables you to visualize Points of Interest (POI) located in your nearby environment in the US, thanks to a unique Augmented Reality functionality using the iPhone camera. POI databases include restaurants, WiFi hotspots, subway stations (New York Subway, Washington Metro, Chicago L Rapid Transit), etc. Over 100.000 POI are already included in this application. Elements located at a distance less than 1km (0,621miles) only will be displayed on the screen. | |
| Find cheap gas | iPhone | Find cheap gas application for your iPhone | |
| World Surfer | iPhone | GeoVector World Surfer is a whole new way to use your phone. Simply by pointing your phone you can find the rich information available on the Internet about the places you see around you. You can also use World Surfer to: * Bookmark your car * Bookmark your hotel * Bookmark any location you like and be guided back to it | |
| GetFugu | iPhone | Scan product or company logos and get realtime information and offers | more |
| GetFugu | Android | Scan product or company logos and get realtime information and offers | more |
| WhereMark | iPhone | WhereMark for the iPhone is the new augmented reality application available for download soon from the app store. WhereMark allows users to "augment" reality by splicing user information and a real world video feed. WhereMark allows users to search, save, send, and share wheremarks, creating virtual markers in physical space. | more |
| Zagat to go 09 | iPhone | Augmented reality browser. Find restaurants, nightspots, and shops nearby Experience Augmented Reality: See what's around you in a 360-degree view. Includes Zagat Ratings for Food and Cost | |
| Zagat | Android | Augmented reality browser. Find restaurants, nightspots, and shops nearby Experience Augmented Reality: See what's around you in a 360-degree view. Includes Zagat Ratings for Food and Cost | |
| UrbanSpoon | iPhone | Where do you want to eat? Pick a city to find restaurants and see menus, maps and reviews. The latest version has an augmented reality feature called scope. | |
| Firefighter 360 | iPhone | Take the role of a firefighter in this augmented reality game | more |
| Arcade | iPhone | Asteroids and a space shooter but in augmented reality | |
| Junaio | iPhone | Social augmented reality browser. Build 3D scenes and share them with your friends | more |
| iPhone | Marker(ish) game, drive your car around the track in the quickest time | ||
| iPhone | Marker(ish) game where you kill the bugs | ||
| WorkSnug | iPhone | Find a place to work in London | more |
| Kakinada AR | Android | Inkakinada.com is a geo-visual city information and classifieds web portal for kakinada. yellow pages, classifieds (for sale/rent/jobs), movies & e... | |
Augmented Views 2.0 | Android | Follow-up to augmented traffic views (beta) designed for 100% hands-free operation while driving. ui changes, real-time traffic, auto-display of ... | |
| Bubbles | Android | For all people who like blow bubbles. Blow your bubbles anytime anywhere. Augment reality application | |
| My Augmented Reality | Android | Ever lost your car, hotel or the station? Never lose places you care about again. Use GPS to save locations and find them again later using maps or Augmented Reality via the phone's camera. Works without internet for places off the beaten track. Great for country pursuits like hiking. | |
Augmented Traffic Views | Android | See Traffic Cams in a unique/exciting manner 45+ cities(UK,TOR,NY, Seattle+more) Auto-display of cam images based on location/direction while driving (learning) Augmented Reality View DROID-optimized version (PhantomAlert) with real-time traffic from Google Maps, free POIs | |
| WAYFINDER NYC | Android | Wayfinder, NYC's augmented reality app, is designed to help you locate the NYC subway and NJ PATH stations nearest you. Features -Locations of the closest NYC subway and NJ PATH stations using GPS -Easy to follow walking directions -Augmented reality view that points you in the right direction -Map of your current position | |
mymem alpha | Android | Geo-located social network with augmented reality, customizable point of interest and contacts addressbook. | |
| Tweet AR | Android | TweetAr is a simple twiter application with geotagging support. You can publish tweets with gps location, also you can see tweets on google map or in Augmented reality browser (Wikitude). | |
| 3D Compass | Android | This app is an augmented reality 3D compass - 3D compass with augmented reality view - Multi-compass types - Heading and degrees - Current address - Locate you on map - Fast bright with one tap | |
| Where's my car | Android | Forget about losing your car at the airport car park, shopping mall or outside the football stadium. Car Finder is an augmented reality app that projects the position of your car on top of the camera view of your mobile phone. -Augmeted reality/Map view -Navi. directions -Distance indicator -Parking timer -Notes | |
| The Voice | Android | he vOICe for Android translates live camera views into sound, offering augmented reality for the blind through sensory substitution and synthetic vision. Includes talking color identifier, talking compass and talking GPS locator. Best used with Droid or Nexus One | |
| Ghost AR | Android | Get unforgettable experience with this killer augmented reality game! Use your phone camera to catch the ghosts flying on you and tap the screen to fire them! | |
| US Yellow Pages | Android | Yellowbook.com’s free mobile search app is easier and faster to use - & now features voice recognition! Just speak what you want to find like "Restaurants near here", "Plumber in San Diego", "Florist", or whatever and we'll deliver local results to you. New Features: - Voice Search - Augmented Reality - Compass View | |
| Tweetworld | Android | TweetWorld provides an augmented reality view of the 20 most recent geo-coded tweets in your area (as determined by GPS). You can also view the Twitter blog for a tweet's author by touching their image. Requires Gamaray AR Browser, you will prompted to download it after TweetWorld installs. | |
| Android Archer | Android | Use your Android Phone accelerometer to aim and shoot at an augmented reality target with a parabolic trajectory! | |
| Sinla | Android | SINLA is an augmented reality like application which is experimental. It displays points of interest from your personal Google Map in your environment (GPS) on a 3D camera overlay. | |
| Augment This | Android | Use AugmentThis! to display your own Augmented Reality layers. Based on KML and KMZ files, which you can create with Google Earth or the My Tracks app. Visit: http://augmentthis.appspot.com to upload files. | |
| SpecTrek | Android | Experience this revolutionary augmented reality ghost hunting game. Walk or run around using GPS and your phone's camera to find and catch virtual ghosts. The game offers statistics, awards, titles, records, and most of all a whole lot of fun! | |
| ARU | Android | ARU means Augmented Reality for you. It is developed for searching path on the road. It is consist of GPS, Camera, Sensor, OpenGL, Google Map. It show driving path from your position to destination in google map and camera view. | |
| Somaview | Android | Explore your virtual neighborhood! SomaView is the augmented reality app that allows you to discover the digital world around you. Find places to eat and drink, photos, transportation, hotels, sights, tweets, nightlife, shopping, and videos. | |
| Movue | Android | Movue enhances your vision by transforming your phone into an augmented reality device. Focus your world by choosing categories you care about. No more struggling with maps, just point your phone around to assess your surroundings, select what you want, and proceed to discover ratings, reviews, and more! | |
| AugSatNav | Android | AugSatNav is an augmented reality navigation system which overlays directions upon a live video feed of the road ahead. Intuitive to use it "shows" you where to go by highlighting the correct road to travel along with a bright white line. | |
| Picnic 3d | Android | This application is a showcase for the next generation Augmented Reality experiences at the Picnic Conference in Amsterdam from the 23rd to 25th of September On the grounds of the Westergasfabriek, Layar added several 3D objects. Note: this application is only useful while attending the Picnic conference. | |
| Super Pages | Android | Superpages Mobile puts 20 million businesses right at your fingertips, where ever you are. Maps, directions, movie listings and more. With the cutting edge Sightline mode you can search for local businesses using Augmented Reality. Don't forget to review your favorite busines right from your device. US listings only | |
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Web Applications
| Name | Type | Description | More Info |
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| Five Lives Of Criss Angel | game | Use your mental skills and your Web cam to play your way through five challenging 3D mazes | more |
| Cannon Ballz | game | Cannonballz is the first ever Augmented Reality game using ZugMo Motion Capture Technology, Flash and Facebook to make both you and your friends the stars of the game. Think fast and move faster as you dodge pirate cannonballs while saving your Facebook friends to become a legend on the leaderboard. No proprietary plug-ins to play! All you need is the latest version of Flash and a webcam and you're good to go! | more |
| Duckzilla | demo | - you tell me - | more |
| Join Star Fleet | demo | Receive a message from Star Fleet | more |
| Join Star Fleet | demo | Join Star Fleet | more |
| We are Autobots | demo | Become an Autobot | more |
| Living Sasquatch | demo | Bring a Sasquatch to life | more |
| Smart Grid | demo | See a digital hologram of Smart Grid technology come to life in your hands | more |
| Talking Dog Music Video | music | Create your own real-time interactive music video. | more |
| Watervlug (Vitamins & Water) | game | Augmented reality game where you catch water droplets (in Dutch) | |
| 9 The Movie | game | The Characters of 9 Brought to LifeYou can watch the characters of 9 come to life by collecting special edition trading cards or the much coveted 9 booklet. If you haven’t found one of these special trading cards or booklet, then you will need to DOWNLOAD A PRINTABLE VERSION to start | |
| Demos from Metaio | demo | Various demos from Metaio | |
| Michael Jackson Opus | demo | The Michael Jackson Opus book which will celebrate his life and career comes with an augmented reality demo. | more |
| Baseball | game | If you like baseball then this is the next best thing to actually playing it. | more |
| American Football | game | Another game from Topps, this one focused on football | |
| Lost Valentinos | music | Superb demo to build your own music video and interact with the band | more |
Desktop Applications
These applications require you to install the application to your PC. As always with applications you install from the web, ensure that your virus software is up to date and only install applications that you trust.
| Application Name | Type | Description | More Info |
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| ARTetris | game | It's tetris but virtual | more |
| AR Player | demos | Various marker based demos for your web browser. Print the marker and see either of the follwing. iPhone, Airplane, Lego Ship, Lego Rover, Chair, Tenerife Auditorium | |
| AR Media - Plugin for Google SketchUp | tool | With ARplug-in, Google Sketch-Up users are allowed to visualize their 3D models using Augmented Reality directly in the real physical space which sorrounds them. In a very precise sense, through ARplug-in, Sketch-Up 3D models can be visualized out of the digital workspace directly on users' desktop, by connecting a simple webcam and by printing a suitable code. | |
| AR Sights | tool | Google Earth 3D models in the real world ARSights is a project by Inglobe Technologies, an italian company specialized in the development of Virtual and Augmented Reality applications. It is based on ARmedia, Inglobe's platform for Augmented Reality (AR), which allows a simple and astonishing way of integrating digital content in real world. ARSights aims at extending Google Earth (GE) wih AR functionalities. Based on the Plug-in of GE for internet browsers, it allows users to download models from ARSights Placemarks (Network Link) and to experience them by using Augmented Reality Technology. All you need to make ARSights work is an Internet Connection, a PC, a WebCam, Google Earth Plugin and ARsights. It works in a very simple way: |
