I agree with you all in a way or another.
My aim here was essentially to share with you the funny fact that people out there have started to create entries in the Guinness World Records that relate to augmented reality and the ARplugin. As the project was really simple, I really had no idea they would make an attempt to it.
On the other hand, there are at least three interesting facts emerging from the opinions of you all.
It is interesting that
people have started using AR on the urban scale to visualize projects in real time not only by means of mobile phones (mobile devices like iPhone are very limited with respect to 3d capabilities)
they put effort on a project that has a commercial character
this opens out the way to a lot of other similar applications in the fields of architectural visualization, advertising etc.
@ Gaeius
Yes, but people with suitable devices (AR goggles, tablets, portable computers etc) at a given distance could see it from their perspective. Actually, with this project setting they could not see it from the bottom using a single big marker. A different solution based on multi markers or even other sensors would make this possible.
@ Chris
Thank you for your valuable comments, but most of all thank you for your offer π. I will surely give you a call when the market will be ready for you! π
@ Aerilius
I generally tend to agree with you on this, but GPS alone is not a solution as it will not give you the precision you require to locate the 3D model. On the other hand, GPS together with other kinds of sensors will do a great job. There are different ways to approach a good solution indeed. Also an appropriate multimarker solution would give people the benefit of both advertising and visualization from almost any side and distance.