WallaMe is a free
iOS
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and
Android app that allows users to hide and share messages in the real world using
augmented reality
Augmented reality (AR) is an interactive experience that combines the real world and computer-generated content. The content can span multiple sensory modalities, including visual, auditory, haptic, somatosensory and olfactory. AR can be def ...
.
Users can take a picture of a surface around them and write, draw and add stickers and photos on them. Once the message (called Wall) is completed, it will be geolocalized and will remain visible through WallaMe's AR viewer by everyone passing by. A Wall can also be made private, thus becoming visible only to specific people.
All the Walls created worldwide can be seen in a feed similar to those of
social network
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s like
Facebook
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and
Instagram
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, and can be liked, commented on, and shared outside the app.
WallaMe is mostly used to create digital graffiti and for proximity messaging.
Developers
WallaMe is developed by WallaMe Ltd., a startup company founded in 2015 in London. Venturebeat cited WallaMe Ltd. in a list of 100 noteworthy young startups.
Awards
WallaMe was recently featured in the ''Product Hunt'' home page.
See also
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Virtual graffiti
References
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Android (operating system) software
2015 software
Photo software
IOS software
Augmented reality applications
Location-based software
Geosocial networking