Abstract:
When people are in a foreign or remote place, they do not get well-versed easily with their surroundings. They are not able to identify and recognize buildings and landscapes. Moreover, people also do not have instant access to information. They need to Google stuff in order to know what’s going on around. But the information that Google provides is also limited from the point of view of usefulness.
We are solving both of these problems by introducing MARKR. It is a smartphone application that provide people with useful information about nearby places instantly. It tells you what is chef’s special in a nearby restaurant, what movie is playing in the cinema next street, how many rooms are available in the hotel around the corner, is the doctor available in the clinic or not, and much more.
The application uses augmented reality and location intelligence to create an immersive experience for the user. The user can select the type of search e.g. restaurants, cafes, institutes, hospitals etc. They can also set the distance according to which the results would be provided.
We have created our own algorithm for this solution. The idea is to get most of the work done through location services and mathematical calculations and depend least on computationally extensive techniques as image processing and machine learning etc.
The application has worldwide scope and provides much more usefulness compared to existing solutions. The next step in development would be to create an online portal for the registration of businesses where they can update their info to be shared with the users of the application.
