Augmented Reality HowTo?

Tusor · May 02, 2011, 18:50:28

Hi,
I seem to be too stupid to use the augmented reality. Can anybody post a how to? I added a POI near me by long pressing on the map. Than I tried to view it in the AR but it was not shown. Do I have to activate anything else?
My phone is a Desire HD with the standard ROM.

Best regards,

Tusor

berkley · May 03, 2011, 08:52:14

Hi Tusor,

did you have a GPS fix while starting Augmented Reality?

Cheers, berkley

Tusor · May 03, 2011, 09:44:07

I think so, but I am going to doublecheck this after work.

Tusor · May 03, 2011, 17:28:35

So, I just checked again: I have a GPS fix.
One question: In the AR screen there is a distance given in the lower left corner. What does this mean? Are just POIs shown further away or nearer than this value?

berkley · May 03, 2011, 18:49:43

i'm not pretty sure, but i guess it's the max distance...

Tusor · May 03, 2011, 18:52:18

I tried with POIs further away and some nearer: I saw neither :cry:

berkley · May 03, 2011, 18:59:57

Locus Free or Pro?

Menion · May 03, 2011, 20:53:26

hmm this is really weird. You show points on map, launch augmented reality addon and you see nothing when you move with your phone around you? What you see on bottom radar? Are there any white dots? And what is distance written below? This distance is radius of visible points. Point which lay far from you then this value will not be visible ...

Tusor · May 07, 2011, 17:20:08

Hi, here I am again.
I bought Locus Pro several weeks ago because it is really a great app.
Today I went out geocaching and tried the augmented reality again. Under clear sky I lost the gps fix everytime I startet AR. Und Locus and GPS Status everything was fine. The distance value given was about 14km and changed with the zoom button. I noticed no white dots, but a red line on the screen (I think this was the guide to my next waypoint). But here in front of my computer I saw one white dot in the radar (not in the direction of my test poi). But looking around in this direction there was no POI.

Mejstro · May 09, 2011, 06:45:47

Hi,
I had the same trouble with my HTC Desire HD and Locus Pro (I saw no point in AR viewer). I upgraded my Android to 2.3.3 yesterday and everything is fine now...

Tusor · May 11, 2011, 11:14:12

It seems that I have to wait a bit before I get the Android 2.3 Update. I just read that the rollout began on 4th May. I hope I get the update soon. And then we will see.

paavo · November 10, 2011, 15:03:53

I have problems with AR on Xperia NEO. I see white dots on radar but I don't see any points on AR view. I have GPS ON, but after I turn AR ON, there is message 'GPS off' after I return to Locus Pro map view, there is message 'GPS on'. I think, that
problem ist about switching GPS to OFF when I turn to Augmented Reality view..

dlazdic · November 30, 2011, 16:00:18

paavo: I have same problem with my Xperia Active.