August 4th, 2010

Lonely Planet's 25 travel guides get a dose of Augmented Reality

Lonely Planet, the BBC World-owned travel guide company, has rolled out an Augmented Reality option for Android users.

Now targeting 25 popular European, US and Asian cities, its AR-supported ‘Compass Guides’ use a combination of GPS, compass and the phone’s camera to enable users to see their current location and nearby points of interest. The app then overlays information on top of the device’s… → Read More