Open up the App Store on your iPhone and you’ll find a plethora of apps that introduce augmented reality to your iPhone, but for now, that’s the only way you can get it. Apple is yet to make augmented reality a native feature, but a recently discovered patent application suggests the technology could one day appear in the built-in Maps app for iOS.
Apple’s system focuses on the point of interest you’d like to visit and then provides you with directions to it, using your camera to capture a video stream and then overlaying information, such as street names, onto the image.
Apple seems to have focused heavily on mapping technology in recent years, acquiring two mapping companies — Placebase and Poly 9 — in the past three years. It has also been actively recruiting to its ‘Geo Team’ with the intention of taking its Maps app for iOS “to the next level.”
[via MacRumors]
Killian Bell is a freelance writer based in the U.K. He has an interest in all things tech and also covers Android over at CultofAndroid.com. You can follow him on Twitter via @killianbell.
11 responses to “Apple Is Working on Augmented Reality For Your iPhone’s Maps App”
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Ugh, right now, I just want Maps on iOS to catch up with Google Maps for Android. Give me driving, walking and transit navigation!
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So far augmented reality has been a lot of hype and a huge disappointment. I hope Apple does it right.
it already does
Is there anyone who has faced problem with the navigation application on iOS? The navigator on my phone crashes after every 3 to 4 days… How can I solve this? I have tried updating the phone but did not solve this issue.. :(