Edward Kirk
October 14th, 2009, 09:49 PM
<div id="inlinead" class="inlinead"><IFRAME src="http://adserver1.backbeatmedia.com/servlet/ajrotator/13894/222/viewHTML?pool=13886&type=3158&pos=20&zone=5000" width="300" height="250" align="middle" frameborder=0 marginwidth=0 marginheight=0 scrolling=no><script language="JavaScript" src="http://adserver1.backbeatmedia.com/servlet/ajrotator/13894/222/viewJScript?pool=13886&type=3158&pos=20&zone=5000"></script></IFRAME></div><div class="nodecontent"><p>Urbanspoon [<a href="http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=284708449&mt=8" target="_blank">App Store</a>, Free] has been updated to add an awesome shiny new augmented reality mode called "Scope". When viewing it on your device normally, it shows your location as a blue pin in Google Maps, and nearby restaurants in red pins. Aiming the camera at the horizon, however, causes it to switch over to a live camera feed with nearby restaurant locations layered over it. <!--break-->
Resturaunts appear as large brightly colored circles containing their Urbanspoon rating. Most-liked restaurants show up as dark orange, and less liked locations fading into a grey.
The new Urbanspoon requires the iPhone 3GS.
</p><p style="text-align: center;"><img class="mceItem" src="http://www.iphonealley.com/images/storyimages/october09/urbanspoon-260.jpg" alt=""></p><p>
[via <a href="http://mashable.com/2009/10/14/urbanspoon-augmented-reality/" target="_blank">Mashable</a>]</p></div>
Resturaunts appear as large brightly colored circles containing their Urbanspoon rating. Most-liked restaurants show up as dark orange, and less liked locations fading into a grey.
The new Urbanspoon requires the iPhone 3GS.
</p><p style="text-align: center;"><img class="mceItem" src="http://www.iphonealley.com/images/storyimages/october09/urbanspoon-260.jpg" alt=""></p><p>
[via <a href="http://mashable.com/2009/10/14/urbanspoon-augmented-reality/" target="_blank">Mashable</a>]</p></div>