Tagwhat App Brings Personalized Augmented Reality to Your Phone
by Antonio Wells
May 12, 2010 10:14 AM –
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Tagwhat is a new app and location-based social networking service on Android and soon iPhone that mashes up personalized augmented reality experiences. Similar to Layar using the phone’s camera with geo-location, but showing your personal contacts, their comments, discussions and more. Your contacts must be both using Tagwhat and have an account to interact in augmented reality.
Tagwhat users place digital tags anywhere on the Earth, from their street corner to another continent. By simply holding up the camera view of a mobile device (iPhone or Android), geo-contextual tags from pre-selected friends and community members become visible. Walk down the street and Tagwhat reveals a wealth of relevant information, discussions, and deals — such as a coupon for a nearby establishment, a discussion thread for a meet-up with friends, and a restaurant review about a sushi place around the corner.
Few Screenshots from Tagwhat:
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Tagwhat Augmented Reality view on Android
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Tagwhat Map View on Android
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Tagwhat List View on Android
We’ve included QR codes to scan and link to download the app. Tell us what you think and our Android app review is forthcoming so stay tuned!