Looksee AR for Auckland, North Island, New Zealand, is an Augmented Reality (AR) viewer used to find places of interest upto 10km away directly within your phones 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!
Its 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 Auckland when there is no or poor signal coverage.
This version for Auckland, on New Zealands North Island, locates places around the city and surrounding areas, extending northwards through the Hauraki Gulf in th east and the town of Warkworth in the west and south to Lake Waikare. This is an area of over 8,700 sq miles (22,000 km2).
All towns and districts within the region are covered including Takapina, Rangitoto, Papatoetoe, Manukau, Tapora, Whangaparaoa, Waiuku, Pokeno, Miranda and Waihi to name but a few.
In fact there are around 8,000 places of interest viewable within the App including Waiheke and Rangitoto Islands and of course the many sky scrapers at the harbour downtown including the Sky Tower.
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 Looksee 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 Auckland outdoor adventures!