AR Xplore App

ASCAPE: 

Strengths:

• Can share their favorite trips on Facebook

• Trip collections sections help users to choose easily

• Diverse destinations

• Ambient sounds to support the trip

• The world map

Weaknesses:

• Can not share your own trips

• Lack of definition

• Can not zoon in the map, there is no information about distance, costs. 

BUUUK

Strengths:

• You can find nearby restaurants in camera view as well as where special deals are available.

• The data is user generated (140 characters or fewer, with links to Twitter and Facebook), and users can accompany their reviews with pictures.

• People get an interactive interface on their devices and get contextual information based on real world view, providing " What you see is what you get" UI  that is user-friendly.

• There is no need to get extra hardware for existing devices. If your device runs the latest operating system, has enough space and comes with camera, you are good to go.

•  Provide rating and reviews function, which embbed in the location pins for easy viewing by the users. Users can see ratings, reviews for a lot of restaurants nearby.

• Catergories are filters that users can use. This is to differentiate restaurants, shopping malls, attractions, etc. through a simple tap.

Weaknesses

• BuUuk covers primarily Asian cities, but is expanding with Sydney, Perth, Phuket and Jakarta being recent additions.

• Do not provide directions, public transport guide

• Insider discount  and deals

• Do not provide events and other experiences that travelers would like to explore.

WIKITUDE​​

Strengths

• With Wikitude, tourists can easily find valuable information by scanning their surroundings to get pinpoint props of free wifi, restaurant and accommodation tips, customer reviews, directions, transportation options, historical facts, interactive maps, customizable itineraries and more.​

Weaknesses

• Unfriendly UI​​​​