Wimbledon - Augmented Reality App

With England's Britain's hopes still alive at Wimbledon I thought we would take a look at an Augment Reality application specifically built for the tennis. But first what is Augmented Reality? AR is the enhancement of a view of the 'real' world by overlaying digital information. Think of the the cyborgs view from Terminator, where the computer overlays information on the live images it is seeing. In the movie this allows contextual information to augment the reality being seen - AR. Clearer? Well lets look at the tennis application.

IBM Seer, which is available for android and iPhone, is an AR application specifically developed for the Wimbledon Tournament. The application was first launched last year, and this year has been enhanced and made available on the iPhone.

The application gives you the ability to point your phone at Centre, Court One or Court Two and literally see through the wall, as live play from inside  appears on your phone. In addition, you’ll be able to see the length of the taxi queues, or what’s happening on ‘Henman Hill’ even when you may be on the other side of the grounds! I think its pretty cool.

For a video demo click below: