Glasgow Looksee AR

Looksee is an augmented reality viewer used to find places of interest directly on your phone camera's screen and add fun, knowledge and interest to your adventures and tours.

Once downloaded no wi-fi or cellular network connection is needed in order for it to work, so you can use when out and about where there is no signal coverage.

This version is for Greater Glasgow and the Clyde Valley and locates places in and around this central west Scotland region. It reaches an area stretching at its northern most edges past Loch Lomond, it extends west to include Dunoon and Greenock, east to Biggar and south to Moffat. In total this represents an area of around 8,000 km2.

All areas within the region are covered including Glasgow City, Greater Glasgow, Renfrewshire, East & West Dunbartonshire and South & North Lanarkshire. Towns and cities include Alexandria, Balloch, Bearsden, Biggar, Bridge of Weir, Clydebank, Cumbernauld, Dumbarton, East Kilbride, Erskine, Greenock, Govan, Hamilton, Helensburgh, Johnstone, Kirkintilloch, Lanark, Lenzie, Lochwinnoch, Milngavie, Moffat and Paisley.

In fact there are over 7,000 places of interest viewable within the App including Loch Lomond, Ben Lomond, the SEC Armadillo and other attractions around Finnieston.

Categories that can be viewed and selected include Tourist Attractions, Hills, Lakes, Parks & Woodlands, Cities, Towns, Suburban Areas, Villages & Hamlets, Airports, Train & Major Bus Stations, Municipal Buildings, Places of Worship, Historic Sites and Museums & Arts.

Looksee features include:

- a settings menu (using which the categories of points of interest you wish to display can be easily selected)
- an on screen distance slider (for an interactive depth of view filter up to 10km)
- an on screen zoom (using an on screen pinch to zoom gesture)
- a snap shot camera (for annotating your photos)
- a video recorder for saving and sharing interesting places on social media (accessed by holding the camera icon for 1 second)
- hold face down for radar view of everything around you
- interactive objects
- on screen help menu (press the Logo) ** new

So please enjoy adding interest to your outdoor adventures!