Melbourne Looksee AR vs Walk Around The Neighbourhood Usage & Stats
Looksee AR for Melbourne, South Australia is an Augmented Reality (AR) viewer used to find places of interest upto 10km away directly within your phone's camera view and add fun, knowledge and interest to your adventures and tours.
Ideal for both tourists and locals wishing to explore and find out more about their surroundings and beyond: whether by foot, bicycle,car, taxi or Uber!
It's simple to use - you just point and go! It includes a choice of Map or Satellite Image in view and a Search function to help locate things.
Once downloaded no wi-fi or cellular network is necessary, so you can use when out and about in Melbourne when there may be no or poor signal coverage.
This version for Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, locates places around the city and surrounding region, extending northwards inland to Gisborne and southwards to Phillip Island on the coast, encompassing the whole Port Phillip Bay and down to Anglesea on the Great Ocean Road. This is an area of nearly 1,600 sq miles (4,000 km2) all within one App.
All towns, districts and features within the region are covered including: Geelong, St Kilda, Werribbee, Sunbury, Frankston, Mornington and Dandenong to name but a few.
In fact there are around 10,700 places of interest viewable within the App including the Queen Victoria Market, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, Port Phillip and St Kilda Beach, to name but a few.
Categories that can be viewed and selected include major Attractions, Hills, Lakes, Parks & Woodlands, Cities, Towns, Suburban Areas, Villages & Hamlets, Cafes, Restaurants, Cafes, Airports, Train & Major Bus Stations, Municipal Buildings, Places of Worship, Historic Sites and Museums & Arts.
Some of the helpful Melbourne Looksee AR features include:
- Interactive objects (that you can touch for more information on them)
- Magic EYE (to declutter the visuals and select only objects within)
- Satellite or Map image in view (can select which or disable completely)
- Search menu (with on-screen directional arrow and indicator graphics)
- Filters menu (using which the categories of points of interest you wish to display can be easily filtered out or selected)
- Distance slider (for an interactive depth of view filter up to 10km)
- Zoom (using an on screen pinch to zoom gesture)
- Snap-shot camera (for annotating your photos)
- Video recorder for saving and sharing interesting places on social media (accessed by holding the camera icon for 1 second)
- Radar view of everything around you on map (hold face down)
So please enjoy adding interest to your Melbourne outdoor adventures!
Apple Maps AR
- Apple App Store
- Free
- Travel
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A unique, informative and entertaining tour of Dublin, that is flexible and convenient around your time then this self-guided tour is for you.
Learn about Dublin’s history through the interesting people who lived here, and find out from the locals independent recommended places to eat, drink and visit.
Walk Around The Neighbourhood is a self-directed mapped digital audio walking tour of Dublin 2 and 8 including Camden street and Portobello parish with interesting histories, stories and attractions. The walking tour takes about two and a half hours.
You can download and play the tour immediately at home and onsite, replay, start and stop it when you want, its flexible and convenient around your time with links to over 50 attractions along the tour route.
Walk along pretty Victorian streets, along the tree lined canal, to the haunted park, and bustling market streets. Discover a different side of Dublin walking through the parish that has its origins in 700AD and attracted many nationalities to settle here - Vikings, Christians , Huguenots, Lithuanian Jews, who have given this part of Dublin its unique character.
You will learn about Irelands journey to independence through the personal stories of people who lived along the tour and the stories of saints, rebels, and queens who have forged modern day Ireland with bonus links to historical photos and film.
The tour includes over 50 recommendations of unique independent attractions such as bars, restaurants, cafes, museums, parks, shops and activities along the tour route. The app includes reviews and links to all independent attractions with images of where to visit.
The tour includes an audio history of Dublin told through the personal stories of the people who lived here during eventful times in Irish history. Hear the story of The Queen of Ireland who gave birth to 22 children, of the governor who was killed by a fox, visit the bridge where a misguided rebel was captured, the place where an Irishman invented the hypodermic needle, the tale of two presidents who were boyhood friends, visit the haunted park, visit the streets that inspired writers Joyce and Beckett, and hear the story of locals who battled and won against the council who would turn the canal into a motorway.
At each stop along the tour we have recommended the locals favourite bars, restaurants and attractions. From Canalside tipples to outdoor saunas, Michelin starred restaurants to local boozer bars, places to dance and places to enjoy the last rays of sun , we have your trip covered. All recommendations are independents, supporting the local economy making your visit extra special and memorable and are updated regularly with links to their sites included so that you are always in the loop.
- Apple App Store
- Free
- Travel
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Melbourne Looksee AR VS. 
Walk Around The NeighbourhoodDecember 25, 2024