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egfx
a gif of what this looks like would be nice..
pmoriarty
How does the resolution compare to just reading the article on a typical modern computer monitor?
drpancake
It really depends on the smartphone you have. It's simply opening the article inside a web browser embedded in the app.
alphagrep12345
How are you identifying the object in the image?
drpancake
It's taking your location and heading and using lat/long coordinates returned by the Wikipedia API to try to figure out where those articles are in relation to you.
alphagrep12345
What is heading? Can out phone identify the orientation too? What if there are two "famous" buildings beside each other? How can you differentiate without actually identifying the image?
ReD_CoDE
Interesting. Two-three years ago I had such idea but in a Pokemon-style called ReademonGO = Read them on Go

The main idea was/is for adding attractive ways to the education system with achievement badges

People as constant learners can gather achievement badges during their lifetime

quickthrower2
My humble iphone6 ain’t got the “features” required for this app