Local Scout is a nice little feature on Windows Phone introduced with Mango ( I don’t think its available worldwide but its quite useful in the regions its available in ) while this listing does not allow users to add / edit content a 3rd party solution has come to users aid .. meet Pinbucket , Press Release below
Pinbucket, a WindowsPhone service and app combining user-created local scout maps with photo uploading and twitter-like tagging has been moved to Windows Azure servers. With this app users can meta-tag cities around them, save and share events, things, people, locations and photos and pin them to Bing maps. Pinbucket presents data as clusters on fully dynamic map or using Geolocation aware Augmented Reality filter. Pinbucket service is free (no ads) and features completely free exchange of information. No sponsored or curated places, just pure user-created content.
Last time we saw Translator from Microsoft it was a simple app but Microsoft has put some great work in to the new version which stands at 2.0.0.0. The app now supports a lot more languages and offer 3 mode of translation. First up the basic type and translate to one of the supported language the app will read it aloud should you want it to. The next one is speak to the app and the app will translate it for you and finally you can use the camera and point it to a foreign and the app automatically detects it and translates it right in front of you. This feature is available via the built in Bing Vision Search in select location , now it seems more Windows Phone users can use it via the Translator app.
Some people (and according to some research up to 10% of male population) suffer from some form of colour blindness. In many cases this deficiency can be very annoying in one’s daily live. Now there is a little app available on marketplace, which could be helpful for people with colour vision deficiency.
Having color vision deficiency problems? Try this free Augmented Reality based app, that will help you with your daily routines, by applying filters that help with the color recognition.
On windows Phone with Local scout ( where available ) there is no need to have a 3rd party app for finding POI near you. but what if you live in an area where Bing’s coverage is not so great and want to check up the POI’s offered on Google Maps ? Luckily there is a way using a 3rd party app called YAPF. yapf is a POI ( places of interest ) finder which brings the power of Augmented Reality ( AR ) and Google Maps to your Windows Phone.
The Layar Reality Browser shows what is around you by displaying real time digital information on top of the real world as seen through the camera of your mobile phone. This technology is called Augmented Reality. We augment the real world as seen through your mobile phone, based on your location. Currently they have a client for the iPhone and Android and like most developers out there Windows Mobile client was ignored. But few of the users who like the service has put up an online petition for a Windows Phone client and one of the officials have replied
…the message is clear but as a startup we have a limited budget. Ofcourse we would love to have a client for Windows Mobile but we can only start the project when we can allocate budget for it or find other means to finance the development of a Windows Mobile client. I think we will start Q2 2010 earliest on this…
So if you find that this app is something you might use on your Windows Phone , head over to layar.uservoice.com and voice your opinion. I have a funny feeling they will develop an app for Windows Phone but it will be for WP7.
Social websites meets augmented reality , is this the start of a much better standard called Augmented ID. The Astonishing Tribe has done some really cool work over the past and this new idea looks very promising. When someone views you through their handset’s camera, pre-selected info and social networking links appear to hover around you, I wonder how it will workout for identical twins ?
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