In the near future, two new navigation applications will become available for Android using DWA - “Augmented Reality for Driving”
The network recently appeared two videos on new applications for Android OS - Augmented Traffic Views and Wikitude Drive . In both used so-called. “Augmented Reality” - when real images received from a smartphone camera are complemented by various information layers. These two applications combine the driving process with “Augmented Reality” and are used to facilitate the driving and navigation process.
IMHO is a new word in navigation.
Augmented Traffic Views (Expanded Traffic Jams or Traffic Jams 2.0) uses traffic information from traffic cameras in Toronto to provide drivers with the latest traffic reports. The application superimposes a layer of surveillance cameras on the current view from the phone’s camera (using your current GPS position and heading). Clicking on the icon of any information camera will allow you to see what is happening at the moment at the corresponding intersection, which you just have to cross, and accordingly decide whether it is worth going there at all or better looking for a detour. The application also has basic navigation features.
Meanwhile, Mobilizy, the creator of the existing program for "augmented reality", Wikitude announced the release and made a preview of the new program called Wikitude Drive , the program of "augmented navigation" in which navigation directions for driving directions are superimposed on the real road image received from the camera. This is a “full-featured, map-free navigation program” that works with existing navigation programs, such as NavTeq and TeleAtlas, through an API. Wikitude Drive also provides voice prompts using the TTS (text to speach) engine. To use the program requires a permanent connection to the Internet.
Wikitude Drive was created to satisfy developer curiosity, but I’m wondering how practical it would be to use these applications in real life. The use of programs may be convenient for a solid mount over the dashboard, but I have bad feelings about who would dare to drive a car, holding the phone in my hands and looking at the image on the screen. I think many of you have seen English public service announcements telling about the consequences of typing SMS while driving . Let's hope that people are crazy enough not to play with similar programs behind the wheel.
PS From myself I will add that on Android there are at the moment at least 2 full-fledged programs using "augmented reality" (augmented reality) - Wikitude and Layar .
I have both, I will try on occasion to make a small review of their use. Pre-announcement of the second on Habré has already been
IMHO is a new word in navigation.
Augmented Traffic Views (Expanded Traffic Jams or Traffic Jams 2.0) uses traffic information from traffic cameras in Toronto to provide drivers with the latest traffic reports. The application superimposes a layer of surveillance cameras on the current view from the phone’s camera (using your current GPS position and heading). Clicking on the icon of any information camera will allow you to see what is happening at the moment at the corresponding intersection, which you just have to cross, and accordingly decide whether it is worth going there at all or better looking for a detour. The application also has basic navigation features.
Meanwhile, Mobilizy, the creator of the existing program for "augmented reality", Wikitude announced the release and made a preview of the new program called Wikitude Drive , the program of "augmented navigation" in which navigation directions for driving directions are superimposed on the real road image received from the camera. This is a “full-featured, map-free navigation program” that works with existing navigation programs, such as NavTeq and TeleAtlas, through an API. Wikitude Drive also provides voice prompts using the TTS (text to speach) engine. To use the program requires a permanent connection to the Internet.
Wikitude Drive was created to satisfy developer curiosity, but I’m wondering how practical it would be to use these applications in real life. The use of programs may be convenient for a solid mount over the dashboard, but I have bad feelings about who would dare to drive a car, holding the phone in my hands and looking at the image on the screen. I think many of you have seen English public service announcements telling about the consequences of typing SMS while driving . Let's hope that people are crazy enough not to play with similar programs behind the wheel.
PS From myself I will add that on Android there are at the moment at least 2 full-fledged programs using "augmented reality" (augmented reality) - Wikitude and Layar .
I have both, I will try on occasion to make a small review of their use. Pre-announcement of the second on Habré has already been
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Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/68326/
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