Comments on: Augmented Reality GPS http://www.raizlabs.com/blog/262/augmented-reality-gps Mobile experience, user interface design, software and new ideas. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:15:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Geoff Parnell http://www.raizlabs.com/blog/262/augmented-reality-gps/comment-page-1#comment-2683 Geoff Parnell Tue, 06 Jul 2010 13:57:15 +0000 http://www.raizlabs.com/blog/?p=262#comment-2683 In March of this year (2010), Boeing launched the first IFF satellite. It is the first in the fleet of new GPS satellites that boast 3ft accuracy vs. the 15ft we currently have. I think <4 feet of resolution is sufficient for very precise application. Not only will the GPS have a better idea of when you've entered the intersection (the units now guess and err on the side of caution which can lead to instructions coming too late), but the GPS unit will actually know what lane of the highway you are traveling so that it can tell you if you should merge or stay in your current lane when exiting on a ramp with multiple lanes. This technology (give it 3 years to replace the current technology on mid- to high-range devices) will allow a slew of new AR applications. It will also allow for much better water and trail navigation where there is not a painted lane to keep you on track. I'm excited to see cell phone cameras combine with GPS to provide a richer, more informative navigation system. (and a wish congress would legislate the requirement to have a magnometer in every gps device so that it knows what direction you're facing, even when you're not moving (think pulling out of a driveway or standing up and spinning in place) In March of this year (2010), Boeing launched the first IFF satellite. It is the first in the fleet of new GPS satellites that boast 3ft accuracy vs. the 15ft we currently have. I think <4 feet of resolution is sufficient for very precise application. Not only will the GPS have a better idea of when you've entered the intersection (the units now guess and err on the side of caution which can lead to instructions coming too late), but the GPS unit will actually know what lane of the highway you are traveling so that it can tell you if you should merge or stay in your current lane when exiting on a ramp with multiple lanes. This technology (give it 3 years to replace the current technology on mid- to high-range devices) will allow a slew of new AR applications. It will also allow for much better water and trail navigation where there is not a painted lane to keep you on track. I'm excited to see cell phone cameras combine with GPS to provide a richer, more informative navigation system. (and a wish congress would legislate the requirement to have a magnometer in every gps device so that it knows what direction you're facing, even when you're not moving (think pulling out of a driveway or standing up and spinning in place)

]]> By: Charlie http://www.raizlabs.com/blog/262/augmented-reality-gps/comment-page-1#comment-1936 Charlie Sun, 16 Aug 2009 15:24:44 +0000 http://www.raizlabs.com/blog/?p=262#comment-1936 For this to work well, you need an accurate gps and when did you last here anyone talk of gps accuracy? Nobody seems to care. In our line of work gps accuracy is everything and we test new equipment all the time. We have found nothing that compares to using a Pharos SD GPS on a PDA, and the Pharos SD GPS is out of stock. There aren't any phones or GPSs with SD slots anyway. But all new phones that we have tested have substantially inferior accuracy to that solution (which we found 5 years ago). Does anyone know of anyone that is testing and reporting on GPS accuracy anywhere? For this to work well, you need an accurate gps and when did you last here anyone talk of gps accuracy? Nobody seems to care. In our line of work gps accuracy is everything and we test new equipment all the time. We have found nothing that compares to using a Pharos SD GPS on a PDA, and the Pharos SD GPS is out of stock. There aren’t any phones or GPSs with SD slots anyway. But all new phones that we have tested have substantially inferior accuracy to that solution (which we found 5 years ago).

Does anyone know of anyone that is testing and reporting on GPS accuracy anywhere?

]]> By: raph_g http://www.raizlabs.com/blog/262/augmented-reality-gps/comment-page-1#comment-1390 raph_g Mon, 06 Apr 2009 02:13:08 +0000 http://www.raizlabs.com/blog/?p=262#comment-1390 As said previously, it has been already developed, published and explored in research labs for a decade at least.. Indeed, it has just been recently gaining attention from the public due to the increase of capabilities of mobile technology. For example, you can find more information about it from some projects conducted at the HIT Lab NZ: http://www.hitlabnz.org As said previously, it has been already developed, published and explored in research labs for a decade at least.. Indeed, it has just been recently gaining attention from the public due to the increase of capabilities of mobile technology.

For example, you can find more information about it from some projects conducted at the HIT Lab NZ:
http://www.hitlabnz.org

]]> By: Chionsas http://www.raizlabs.com/blog/262/augmented-reality-gps/comment-page-1#comment-1389 Chionsas Sun, 09 Mar 2008 14:22:56 +0000 http://www.raizlabs.com/blog/?p=262#comment-1389 This is already being developed. This year's CeBIT had tons of similar solutions and I beleive we could see something coming out of it in a few years. This is already being developed. This year’s CeBIT had tons of similar solutions and I beleive we could see something coming out of it in a few years.

]]> By: Dmitry Fadeev http://www.raizlabs.com/blog/262/augmented-reality-gps/comment-page-1#comment-1388 Dmitry Fadeev Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:22:42 +0000 http://www.raizlabs.com/blog/?p=262#comment-1388 Perhaps you could use the window of the car as the visual HUD? I believe some BMW models have that, but instead of showing your speed, fuel etc, it could be used to display directions. It just feels wrong to use a camera to display the reality which you can already see through the glass, but I guess it would be much harder to display this stuff on the window. Perhaps you could use the window of the car as the visual HUD? I believe some BMW models have that, but instead of showing your speed, fuel etc, it could be used to display directions. It just feels wrong to use a camera to display the reality which you can already see through the glass, but I guess it would be much harder to display this stuff on the window.

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