In Augmented Reality, these days, it’s a feast or a famine.According to a new market research,the Augmented Reality Technology (ART) market is expected to reach $7 billion by 2018. While, the ever fast growing video game market is expected to reach $111 billion in 2016, making VRT one tempting place for the investors and tech aficionados.
You would agree. This is a subject that clamors for the passion it deserves. Especially from connoisseurs whose enthusiasm for AR is self-explanatory. After all, how is one going to make the most of their weekend with the brotherhood ritual that calls for wolfing down a bowl full of meatball spaghetti in one sitting, a bit of harmless Reddit bait, and a plenty of fun and games with an augmented reality headset strapped on?
It makes sense, the augmented reality scene has volcanically exploded in recent years, with the proliferation of AR headsets and impressive apps. The only problem is that there are just too many of them.
Even with Editor’s Picks to help you out with your downloading decision, it’s still a gnarly task finding the best apps around. With best intentions in mind, we’ve rounded up a list of the seven best apps for your Android and iOS devices.These apps are going to rejig augmented reality functionality, offering something so exciting that it becomes one of the must-have apps that has to be downloaded for your augmented reality headset. So, dip in your cash for one of these apps, trust us, it is a worthwhile purchase.
Wikitude (Price: FREE)
Wikitude is a mobile augmented reality technology that allows you to see more than your eyes could capture!It is a unique hybrid of a J.K. Rowling, J. R.R. Tolkien world and a computerized vision that connects you with the world in a completely new way.
Wikitude allows you to build an AR world of your own, by joining together different search options. For example, you want to check on all the tweets that have been posted near The Bronx, New York and all the Wikipedia points of interest, its help you merge it and create your own world. This way, you can check out zillion places!
Moreover, this app can be used to experience visual reality content, projects, campaigns, promotions,magazines, newspapers, games, and packaging. by scanning the things you see! It also brings print media to life with augmented contents like 3D models, animations, and videos.
Anatomy 4D (Price: FREE)
Anatomy 4D is an app that transports anyone who wants to learn about the human body, into a 4D world, and learn and explore the human anatomy in brief.
To get started, all you’ve got to do is, print any of the images from the “target Library” in the app, and place it on a flat surface. Next, you need to scan the image with your AR headset and watch the image come to life. The outcome is visually stunning and completely immersive, once has to simply zoom in to experience a body part to explore it in intricate detail. It can be used by students, teachers, medical professionals and pretty much anyone who wants to learn about the human anatomy. We’ve crowned this pretty little innovation the app for 21st-century education.
myNav (Price: $1.99)
myNavis a premium iOSapp for locating your parked vehicle.All you need to do is tag the place and enter the search option.The app records the duration of your parked vehicle and calculates the distance between you and the parked vehicle. This app is so useful in over-crowded parking lots during gatherings, concerts, and shows, etc.It consists of radar compass and distance gauge that one can use with the help of AR headsets to experience an AR navigation. Moreover, it takes notes and pictures of the tagged place offers a GPS accuracy ring and retina display optimization to make it a visually immersive experience.
Blippar (Price: FREE)
Blippar can be used to instantly browse and unlock real – time information about any image. One can discover more using this app about objects and images, easily purchase things or book tickets through direct mobile direct shopping link, witness an amazing 3D animation, click pictures using virtual photo booths and play exciting and fun games. If all of these weren’t enough, it also shares all the experience with social networking sites, which you use daily.
iOnRoad – Augmented Driving (Price: VARIED)
iOnRoad is the app for those learning to drive. It helps improve your driving in real time. The app uses phone’s camera and sensors to detect the vehicles, sending an immediate alert when in danger. Although, it requires a windshield mount that can be purchased on any browser.
This app comes with following features:
- collision warning
- tailgating alert
- off road warnings
- speed sign detections
- ultimate car locator
- image and video capturing
- driving analytics
- integrated navigation
Legendary (Price: FREE)
The Legendary VR app gives players a peek at what’s in store for the upcoming year in Beware Crimson Peak, Warcraft: The Skies of Azeroth, and the company’s Pacific Rim-themed Jaeger Pilot. Users can weave across the kingdom of Stormwind in Azeroth through an enthralling virtual reality flight sitting atop a Gryphon. Beware Crimson Peak, leaves a scarier trail, putting the user inside the eponymous house from Guillermo del Toro’s upcoming gothic horror film Crimson Peak. Jaeger Pilot throws you into the cockpit of Gipsy Danger, right before the upcoming battle, but rather being tied to the Oculus Rift, is now able to run on Android and iOS devices. These interactive scenes are viewable through Google Cardboard, a headset made out of a fold-out cardboard mount for VR applications.
Insurgent
Looks like we’ve arrived in the age of fandom! If you happen to own a Google Cardboard or a VR-based headset, you can enjoy actual stimulation by entering into the world of “Insurgent”. If you’ve seen the movie or read the books, you’ll easily recognize your surrounding and understand what is happening to your virtual reality character. Mirroring Insurgent, the app gives you a 360-degree experience of the dystopian world and lets you confront your fears. The app also features an exclusive clip in 3D from the film.
SHADOWNGUN
SHADOWGUN is one of the best multiplayer sci0fi shooter games available for iOS and Android devices. Set in 2350, it provides an immersive 3D experience, by taking you into the corrupt intergalactic corporations where hiring bounty hunters and mercs are the norm to do one’s bidding.One can complete the tasks and take part in heroic battles with friends using avant-garde weaponry, ships, and the assistance of S.A.R.A, an android assistant.
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