Peak.AR V2.0 is now available for iPhone and Android!

Somewhere in the universe, eavesdropping a dialog between Captain Picard and his crew… „Captain, this is fascinating! This new tool knows the names of the mountains I am looking at.“

Experience the intriguing panorama of the peaks surrounding you.

Have you ever wondered “What is the name of that prominent peak over there?” – find the answer simply by taking a look through the camera of your iPhone or Android device.

The advanced segmentation and display algorithms show you all peak names without obstructing the marvelous panorama.

Stagger even the greatest hiking buffs when showing off the fascinating panoramic view this application provides when standing on top of a mountain! The most prominent peaks within the chosen range are automatically selected in order to produce a clean and uncluttered image.

This app works on devices with a still camera and a magnetometer. This means, that following devices are supported currently:

iPhone 3Gs:

This device uses the magnetometer to determine your current viewing direction.

iPhone 4:

Witness the glory of the gyroscope, as the app uses it in combination with the magnetometer to determine your current viewing direction.

Users with iPhone OS 4.2.1 seem to experience problems with Peak.AR 2.0. Please update to Peak.AR 2.0.1, and let us know if the issues persist!

Android:

As far as we know, any device should work – let us know if you have a device which does not work as expected.

Peak.ar demonstrates the augmented reality technology that was developed in the course of a recent research project. It is a very flexible tool that can be used to visualize any kind of geo-referenced data. At the same time it is the most intuitive way for interfacing with complex data from a user’s perspective – just point your iPhone to some real world object and it will tell you everything it knows about it. Lets not forget, its slick as hell!

Imagine your own data being presented in a completely new, cool fashion. Right now, we are looking for cooperations with innovative companies to explore new application domains of this exciting technology.

Interested? Contact us via peakar@salzburgresearch.at or use the contact page.

Peak.AR was developed in the MobilityLab Center-of-Excellence on location-based Services hosted by Salzburg Research.

Follow those links in your device to install the application on your iPhone:

Or on your Android Device (Android 1.6 to 2.2):