Mobile AR developer Blippar has achieved a breakthrough by releasing what appears to be the first commercially-available AR navigation app.
The company’s new app, AR City, gives users overlay directions for walking routes as well as points of interest. The app is available via the iOS App Store in areas supported by Apple Maps and on compatible iPhones and iPads running iOS 11. The navigation overlays are made possible by GPS and Apple’s Core Location service to determine the user’s geographic position, which is supplemented using ARKit’s visual inertial odometry (VIO) capabilities for… more
Source: Apple AR: Blippar Charts New Territory with Launch of First AR Navigation App for iPhones & iPads