links for 2009-08-30

This week, new augmented reality applications were released on both the iPhone and Android platforms. Augmented reality applications are a popular form of first person interfaces that enhance the real world with information not visible to the naked eye. (…)

Social review service Yelp has snuck the first Augmented Reality (AR) iPhone app specifically for the US into the iTunes App Store. The undisclosed new feature allows iPhone 3Gs owners to shake their phones three times to turn on a view called "the Monocle." This view uses the phone's GPS and compass to display markers for restaurants, bars and other nearby businesses on top of the camera's view. (…)