In the age of immersive 3D graphics on your telephone, it’s always fun to remember what interfaces used to look like:
http://www.businessinsider.com/versions-10-of-todays-most-popular-apps-2009-6
Of course, all the UNIX guys here can just look at their current shell to see what they looked like 20 years ago. I have to admit that design has held up awfully well!
“Just becuase I can…” is often the only justification you need to do something cool.
It is most probably the reason that Johan van den Brande decided to write a Twitter application for his Commodore 64.
http://www.vandenbrande.com/wp/2009/06/breadbox64-a-twitter-client-for-the-c64/
P.S. Michael, thanks for the tip.
As seen on Macrumors.com, a Dutch company Layer (yeah Netherlands!) has the first augmented reality browser working on a mobile phone!
“A new augmented reality app called Layar is making the rounds on the web as an example of what can be done with Augmented Reality. Layer is described as the world’s first mobile augmented reality browser.
Layar shows you what is around you by displaying realtime digital information on top of reality through the camera of the mobile phone. Just flip through the directory of layers and find ATM’s, bars, houses for sale, hotels and other cool stuff around you. The app accomplishes this through the use of the Compass, camera and GPS embedded within the phone…
The app is first available for the Android devices but they are working hard on porting it to other platforms “with a prime focus on the iPhone 3G S.”
