Wikitude.org - A World Browser For Users Of Smartphones

Quite an interesting development, Wikitude is a world browser that gives the user detailed data about his surroundings, including information such as landmarks and points of interest related to his whereabouts. This platform is augmented by a newly-launched community that adds points of interest along with hyperlinked media.
Such information is supplied to the user by laying the relevant data over the camera view of the smartphone, and so far only Android users are catered for. But that is just for the time being - support for iPhone users is forthcoming.

Moreover, an API is provided and it can be procured at no cost by visiting the relevant part of the site. This API makes for the creation of Android augmented reality applications, and also for enhancing and bolstering these Android applications that have an AR camera-view engine by default.

Coming back to the browser, it can be procured at the Android Market Place. A system such as this one can be described ad infinitum, but I strongly advice you to check the provided demonstration – it would let you arrive at conclusions in a faster and better fashion than a thousand words. After all, what better way to get acquainted with a visual interface than by seeing it in full swing?

“WIKITUDE World Browser presents the user with data about their surroundings, nearby landmarks, and other points of interest by overlaying information on the real-time camera view of a smart-phone. AVAILABLE for DOWNLOAD through your G1, G2 & myTouch phones in the Android Market Place.”

Such a system enables those who have a smartphone to access relevant information in a setting that makes the best of the available technology, and that provides them with indications and directions which are more unequivocal as a result.

How much does it cost? How much will the iPhone version cost when it is eventually released?