Car Finder Finds Your Car With Augmented Reality

Edward Kirk · November 3rd, 2009, 10:30 PM

There have been a lot of apps in the App Store for helping you find where you parked your car, but now there's one that shows you where it is with the awesomeness of augmented reality. Car Finder [App Store, $0.99] lets you look around you into your iPhone and spot your vehicle as clear as day, regardless of seeing conditions.

To use the app, simply get out of your parked car and mark it's position within the app using GPS. Depending on the accuracy of your fix, your location is listed within a range of plus or minus a number of meters. You also have the option to name the location and attach information like the space number if there is one. Then, when you want to find where you parked, you simply open the app and follow the red arrow toward your car.

The app is pretty accurate, but has a tendency to be just slightly off by a little bit, so don't be surprised when you see your car and the arrow tells you to go somewhere else. It's generally good enough to get you within seeing distance of your marker before veering off.

[via TUAW]

Stephen007 · November 4th, 2009, 01:32 PM #2

The app is a cute idea but it seems like the time spent (taking the iphone out, finding/launching the app, recording your position & putting the iPhone away) could simply be used to open your eyes and remember where you parked.

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Edward Kirk WrAdminterizer Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Illinois, USA Posts: 3,088 Thanks: 19 Thanked 26 Times in 25 Posts	Car Finder Finds Your Car With Augmented Reality - November 3rd, 2009, 10:30 PM #1
	<script language="JavaScript" src="http://adserver1.backbeatmedia.com/servlet/ajrotator/13894/222/viewJScript?pool=13886&type=3158&pos=20&zone=5000"></script> There have been a lot of apps in the App Store for helping you find where you parked your car, but now there's one that shows you where it is with the awesomeness of augmented reality. Car Finder [App Store, $0.99] lets you look around you into your iPhone and spot your vehicle as clear as day, regardless of seeing conditions. To use the app, simply get out of your parked car and mark it's position within the app using GPS. Depending on the accuracy of your fix, your location is listed within a range of plus or minus a number of meters. You also have the option to name the location and attach information like the space number if there is one. Then, when you want to find where you parked, you simply open the app and follow the red arrow toward your car. The app is pretty accurate, but has a tendency to be just slightly off by a little bit, so don't be surprised when you see your car and the arrow tells you to go somewhere else. It's generally good enough to get you within seeing distance of your marker before veering off. [via TUAW] __________________ About my iPhone: iPhone & Color: iPhone 3G 16GB White iPhone Version: 3.0 Computer & OS: MacBook Pro 15", Mac OS X 10.5.4 Twitter

Stephen007 Rocks the Board Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Milwaukee WI Posts: 347 Thanks: 20 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	November 4th, 2009, 01:32 PM #2
	The app is a cute idea but it seems like the time spent (taking the iphone out, finding/launching the app, recording your position & putting the iPhone away) could simply be used to open your eyes and remember where you parked.