40 Best Augmented Reality iPhone Applications Augmented reality is one of the most exciting technologies around. AR apps for iOS have come a long way over the years. Whether you are looking for interactive games, educational apps, or rich travel guides, there is an app out there for you. Here are 40 augmented reality iOS apps well worth checking out: SpyGlass: turns your iPhone into a spyglass. Bowmaster: an AR archery game that lets you shoot at targets around you on your smartphone. Transparent Earth: a nifty app that lets you see the other side of the world under your feet. Anatomy 4D: uses AR to provide your students with a more interactive learning experience. Iron Man HUD for iPhone: an AR application that uses your iPhone’s camera to create a HUD on your screen. InkHunter: lets you try augmented reality tattoos before getting a real one. 1600: an interactive AR app that gets kids and adults familiar with what happens at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Flow: powered by Amazon, this app shows you info about items all around you.
API for mobile augmented reality developers I ran an interesting workshop at Mobile World Congress for people interested in augmented reality. The topic, should I build a plug-in for another application was one of the groups discussion topics. Some of the audience members were in favour of building plug-ins and I can see the attraction. Products like Layar and Wikitude provide you with the application leaving you only to worry about your POIs. If you are not a marketing expert then you also have the opportunity to take advantage of their vast number of users with out doing a thing. With all these benefits there must be some drawbacks? Complexity: if you are looking for a solution that goes beyond clicking on a POI and displaying data then building a plug-in is not for you. The other option is building an application yourself; the obvious benefits are you control everything and if your application is chargeable you keep a lions share of the money, but it’s not without its draw backs either: Use the Wikitude API Did you like this?