Slowly, but surely, augmented reality apps are finally hitting the iPhone. Released just today, Twitter 360 (available on the App Store for $2.99) aims to give you an augmented reality view of nearby tweets. The app utilizes Twitter’s new Geotagging feature to determine how far the tweets are coming from you, and it also provides your own tweets with GPS information. Like all augmented reality apps, which require a digital compass to work properly, Twitter 360 only works on the iPhone 3GS.
The app offers the ability to see nearby tweets, find your friend’s tweets geographically, and has a built-in Google Maps view to further help visualizing tweet location.
While it’s certainly a cool app conceptually, my use of Tweetie’s nearby tweet functionality hasn’t proven to be all that useful—but it could just be that I live in a neighborhood with boring Twitter users. On the other hand, Twitter 360 could be very useful for finding your friends, and seeing what people are talking about during major events.
Check out a video demo of the app below:
[Source: The Next Web]
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