Around Apps for Nokia 5800 N97
Oct 10, 2009 Nokia S60v5 Softwares
Introduction
Over the last year, some “augmented reality browser” applications have been popping up, specially on the Android platform. While the concept is not new (research on the proper field of Augmented Reality dates back to the ’90s), many current devices are starting to feature the necessary functionality in terms of hardware.
Unfortunately there is no mention so far of any similar application* on Symbian smartphones, so this project aims to fill the gap by providing a prototype application featuring the use of sensors, camera and location based services.[*] Though we could consider Nokia Research Center’s MARA project (2006) as the first attempt to bring this functionality on a Nokia smartphone.
Implementation
The application overlays the image stream generated from the camera with markers of “Points of Interest” around the user. It has been developed for the Nokia N97 and Nokia Navigator devices.
Making use of plugins allows third-party developers to customize the application at different levels.
The overall scene is dictated by the position and orientation determined by the sensors, which combined with the data retrieved from the source form the overall frame.
Features
* Use of Data Source plugins, which allows third-party developers to add their own sources of information.
* Display different details of each point of interest, including hiperlinks to external resources.
* Being a pluggable component makes it possible for third-party developers to include it as a customized view into their applications.
Tags: Nokia 5800 Applications, Nokia N97 Applications, S60v5 Applications
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