Remember in The Dark Knight when Christian Bale hooked his cellphone to a supercomputer and he could see the whole world through black & white cellphone waves? And you thought, “My goodness, the future is here at last!” Well, guess what, that wasn’t just a movie, it is here. And it’s super awesome. Well, sorta.
Yesterday, Yelp released an upgrade for their iPhone application and apparently they hid a secret “easter egg” within. That is, with a few quick shakes, you can see the world. Augmented. And through your phone.
Let me explain. First: augmented reality. This fancy term is basically what happens when your technology can live stream the world around you, giving you extra data and information about things you see. Like, for example, when James Bond puts on his glasses, and those glasses automatically recognize everyone at the cocktail party, giving 007 live feeds of everything and anything he might want to know about, uhh, the lady in red, let’s say.
So Yelp takes this feature and pairs it with your iPhone. Once activated, the application will pull up your phone’s camera which you can point in any direction, and it will show you where bars, restaurants and whatever else you’re looking for are, as well as give you reviews, store hours, etc. It’s pretty cool.
So how do you get it? Well, here’s a quick and easy step-by-step:
1.) Own an 3GS iPhone (doesn’t work with the old ones, unfortunately)
2.) Download the Yelp application (or upgrade it, if you already have it)
3.) Open it.
4.) Shake your phone nice and good (recommendation: three times)
5.) Wait for Monocle message to appear: “”The Monocle is activated. Yelp thought reality was boring, so we augmented it. Look for the button in the upper right corner.”
6.) Click the “Monocle” button in the upper right corner.
7.) Enjoy augmented reality!
Pretty simple, right? Well, if you still need help, here’s a nice tutorial from Mashable:
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