Augmented Reality

Just a raw overview of possibilities, and far from being complete.

2023-05-29

A normal compass is simply boring? OK, then take a look at these:

AR GPS Compass Map 3D (4.5@3,677) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / AR GPS Compass Map 3D Pro (4.6@1,025; ~EUR 4.25) Ǥ 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Compass (4.4@1,174) Ǥ 9 1 LastUpdate: 2021-03-26
3D Compass Plus (4.1@6,869) Ǥ 15 4
AR Bearing + Baseplate Compass (3.8@568) Ǥ 8 3 LastUpdate: 2015-07-07
Augmented Reality GPS Compass (0@0) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$

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Whatsthat? Play doggy, leave your markings – for yourself or for others:

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For sure there must be more, so these are just some examples:

Easy Auto (4.1@31,302) Ǥ 7 1 LastUpdate: 2020-03-12
Hikar (0@0) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2021-07-22 GitLab; overlays camera with virtual sign posts; data from OSM

2023-05-31

What's better suited for Augmented Reality than Points of Interest? Exactly!

PeakFinder (4.6@11,915; ~EUR 4.75) Ǥ 12 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
FlippAR Go (4.4@159) Ǥ 11 9
World Around Me (4.2@22,935) Ǥ 11 4 LastUpdate: 2021-06-30 / World Around Me - WAM Pro (4.5@671; ~EUR 10.00) Ǥ 10 4 LastUpdate: 2021-04-04 Augmented Reality Travel Guide
Street Lens (3.8@4,485) Ǥ 11 3 LastUpdate: 2020-08-21
Geo Reality (3.5@162) Ǥ 13 3 LastUpdate: 2019-12-08 Augmented Reality Travel Guide
TMB App (Metro Bus Barcelona) (2.6@6,239) Ǥ 20 4 Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona (public transport)
Wikitude (2.3@17,870) 9 3 LastUpdate: 2019-07-31 Wikipedia

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Layar (3.3@89,564) 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-11-29

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Star Tracker - Mobile Sky Map (4.5@67,875) Ǥ 14 11
SkEye | Astronomy (4.3@15,118) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / SkEye Pro (4.8@353; ~EUR 11.00) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Short intro 8/2015
SkyView® Lite (4.2@51,728) Ǥ 19 1 / SkyView® Explore the Universe (4@6,011; ~EUR 1.50) Ǥ 9 1
Satellite Pointer (4.2@32,106) Ǥ 13 4 LastUpdate: 2021-06-21
Sky Map (4.1@491,983) Ǥ 10 3 Github; Video Walk-Through 6/2017 | 6/2018
Star Chart (4@171,858) Ǥ 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-10-03 / Star Chart Infinite (4@3,254; ~EUR 4.50) Ǥ 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-09-12
SatFinder Lite - TV Satellites (3.8@3,819) Ǥ 11 4 / SatFinder - Find TV Satellites (2.7@152; ~EUR 9.50) Ǥ 11 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Satellite AR (3.3@10,040) Ǥ 10 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-06-17
Star Walk - Night Sky Map (3.3@6,785) Ǥ 14 6 / Star Walk 2 Ads+ Sky Map View (4.6@470,507) Ǥ 24 10 / Star Walk 2 - Night Sky View (4.6@26,073; ~EUR 3.50) Ǥ 22 5 Vorstellung 2/2016
Planet Finder (3.2@2,783) 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / Planet Finder + (5@195; ~EUR 3.00) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$

2023-05-25

Marker to display AR objects upon

Humanoid 4D+ (3@243) Ǥ 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ learn anatomy
ModelAN3DPro: Easy 3D modeling (2.9@485) 5 4 LastUpdate: 2019-04-26 Create & View
Aruco Android (0@0) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / Aruco Camera Calibration (0@0) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github / Github

2023-05-22

Most of these apps are rather Virtual Reality than Augmented Reality – but the boundaries between the two often overlap …

2023-05-26

Vivechrom Visualizer (5@5,246) Ǥ 17 10 / Dulux Visualizer PK (4.1@614) Ǥ 16 10 / Sikkens Expert DE (4.2@113) Ǥ 16 8 see your room in any color (wall color selector)
GlassesOn | Pupils & Lenses (4.7@17,237) Ǥ 8 9 Measure your PD and get your glasses prescription; if you don't mind the trackers that is…
Google Lens (4.6@1,851,575) Ǥ 11 2 successor of Google Goggles that is based on Google Assistant, see Wikipedia: Google Lens
bountyy - Die Augmented Realit (4.6@17) 10 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-03-01
Vuforia Chalk (4.4@154) Ǥ 18 2 Video Intro 6/2019; Video-talk, draw on screen to point out things: get a tech person help you fix things, for example
WiFi AR (4.3@12,753) Ǥ 13 3 Video Review 5/2020
Google Goggles (4.3@43) 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-08-20 Wikipedia; The ultimative AR Tool; discontinued since 8/2018 and replaced by Google Lens
WiFi App: passwords, hotspots (3.9@147,682) Ǥ 17 5
Google Translate (3.7@8,704,101) Ǥ 21 1 with live translation of e.g. street signs / Live-Übersetzung
AR Car Locator (3.6@74) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-05-20
Augment - 3D Augmented Reality (3.5@32,084) Ǥ 10 4
The vOICe for Android (3.5@1,470) Ǥ 16 5 See with your ears
Phobys (1.6@186) 4 1 LastUpdate: 2021-10-28 Vorstellung 11/2021; hilft, Angst vor Spinnen zu überwinden
Colorblind Augmented Reality (1@56) Ǥ 6 1 LastUpdate: 2013-10-12
AR Anatomy (0@0) 3 3
vGIS AR (0@0) 14 2

Further Readings:

The 9 Best AR Apps for Education (11/2022)
6 Best AR Interior Design and Decorating Apps for Android (11/2020)
8 Futuristic Augmented Reality Apps You Must See to Believe (8/2019)
Best augmented reality apps for Android (11/2018)
Von Pappe bis Plastik: Preiswerte Virtual-Reality-Brillen im Test! (3/2015)
Cardboard Apps: Virtual Reality für Jedermann! (3/2015)
Best Android VR games and apps (2/2015 - 1/2018)
Best Google Cardboard apps: Top games and demos for your mobile VR headset (2/2015 - 10/2018)

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