My friend Paul Gestwicki from Ball State University sent me a link describing a killer app. for the mobile phone. The app. mashes GPS and Map annotation to give the user an augmented experience of the objects around him. Here’s a clip from one of the companies, mobilizy.com, about their product Wikitude:
Paul sent me the link because at a recent Google workshop we’d brainstormed about an app. for creating ‘custom tours’ where GPS or barcodes are used to give the user info about objects and places around them.
The Absent-Minded Professor 