Yelp Augments My Reality

Robert Scoble just informed the world that Yelp includes an augmented reality feature! As I had just re-downloaded Yelp the other day, it was already on my iPhone. All you’re supposed to do is shake it three times, and the new Monocle feature will be activated. But I had a little problem doing so, and realized it was because I was on the wrong tab. I think it only works if you’re on the first tab, because that’s where you access Monocle from.

Anyway, I’ve attached a screenshot to show how it looks. I actually took four screenshots, and Yelp crashed after the last one. Ooops. Hm, and now that I think about it, the Pho Hoa Nam restaurant was behind me, not in front of me. Maybe my compass was messed up…

I’ve been fascinated by augmented reality apps ever since I saw that video of the NY subway app, which was just too cool. Now I have such an app too!

I heard some people suggest that augmented reality apps would only come with OS version 3.1 for the iPhone. I don’t know why. Anybody?