POInterest
"Search for places, explore suggested locations near you, write reviews, and interact with other users in a unique way using your augmented reality camera. Try POInterest now!"
What is POInterest?
POlnterest is an app that lets you search, manage, and view places and reviews in augmented reality. It's useful for having visual references that allow you to explore tourist areas like parks, restaurants, and any other points of interest you need using your camera. The key features of its use are:
Easy and simplified environment for quick use of the app.
You can easily create your account in two steps with an email address or directly with your Apple ID without any payment.
Manage, manage, and view the points of interest and reviews you need without space limits! Later, you can consult any saved place or review using the search filter, and in the case of saved places, view the filtered results from the places menu.
Use augmented reality to explore and interact with public reviews (from other users) in a new and different way!
The app adapts its content and visual layout to the horizontal or vertical position, depending on how you see fit.
General settings
The app can be downloaded for both iPhone and iPad with iOS 16 or later.
It allows you to adjust additional configuration parameters to define:
The pagination for the home screen. That is, how many points of interest and reviews you see on the screen at once (the value can be defined between 50 and 450). Keep in mind that if, for example, you have 150 places saved and you set the parameter to 50, the search filter and the display of places in the street view will be limited to the 50 places currently loaded on the screen. So, if you want to see the next 50, you must scroll down the list to the end and use the "Load More" button, and so on.
Search radius. For public or private reviews, you can fine-tune whether you want to see reviews written within a 20-meter radius of your current location and up to a 100-meter radius.
POInterest also offers other viewing options so you can view both public and private reviews sorted by age and/or number of likes.
The app can be downloaded for both iPhone and iPad with iOS 16 or later.
It allows you to adjust additional configuration parameters to define:
The pagination for the home screen. That is, how many points of interest and reviews you see on the screen at once (the value can be defined between 50 and 450). Keep in mind that if, for example, you have 150 places saved and you set the parameter to 50, the search filter and the display of places in the street view will be limited to the 50 places currently loaded on the screen. So, if you want to see the next 50, you must scroll down the list to the end and use the "Load More" button, and so on.
Search radius. For public or private reviews, you can fine-tune whether you want to see reviews written within a 20-meter radius of your current location and up to a 100-meter radius.
POInterest also offers other viewing options so you can view both public and private reviews sorted by age and/or number of likes.
Pagination in your main list
When you have many items in your list of places and reviews and due to the configured pagination not all of them are displayed, you have the option to Load more items when you reach the end of your list with the corresponding button.
Similarly, you can reload previous items by scrolling to the top of your list and holding down the screen with your finger (swipe down) until you see the loading icon fully activate.
Settings for suggested places
The Places menu now allows you to view not only the real-time location of the points of interest you're searching for and the distance to the location, but also suggested points in augmented reality!
This menu allows you to adjust additional configuration parameters to define:
Number of results per category (the value can be defined between 1 and 10)..
Search radius. Allows you to fine-tune whether you want to see suggested places within a 1 km radius of your current location and up to a 50 km radius.
POInterest allows you to select predefined categories to simplify your search for suggested places. You can select restaurants, museums, parks/squares, and bus stops (public transport in general)! This option isn't limiting because you can always search for anything you want, such as "airports" or other locations, using the search tool.
The Places menu now allows you to view not only the real-time location of the points of interest you're searching for and the distance to the location, but also suggested points in augmented reality!
This menu allows you to adjust additional configuration parameters to define:
Number of results per category (the value can be defined between 1 and 10)..
Search radius. Allows you to fine-tune whether you want to see suggested places within a 1 km radius of your current location and up to a 50 km radius.
POInterest allows you to select predefined categories to simplify your search for suggested places. You can select restaurants, museums, parks/squares, and bus stops (public transport in general)! This option isn't limiting because you can always search for anything you want, such as "airports" or other locations, using the search tool.
Places Tags
This tag is used for any place that is searched and displayed from the Street Viewer, it is also used to show any places that have been saved.
This label is used to display your favorite places, which are those that have been saved and in your list of places when you swipe left to mark them with the corresponding button.
This label is used to display suggested restaurants, it is visible in this color only while shown as a suggested place, if the place is saved the standard colors and icons for any place or the favorite place are used.
This label is used to display suggested squares / parks, it is visible in this color only while shown as a suggested place, if the place is saved the standard colors and icons for any place or favorite place are used.
This label is used to show suggested public transport stops (bus, cable car or other registered under this category), it is visible in this color only while shown as a suggested place, if the place is saved the standard colors and icons for any place or the favorite place are used.
This label is used to display suggested museums, it is visible in this color only while shown as a suggested place, if the place is saved the standard colors and icons for any place or favorite place are used.
How to explore places and locations?
The Street Viewer allows you to easily interact with elements displayed in your camera in augmented reality. You can do the following: tap, swipe up/down. Watch the guide video to familiarize yourself with its use (the same interaction logic applies to the Review Viewer):
Additionally, POInterest allows you to save your current location with a custom name tag, to do this you just have to tap the icon of your current location while in the Street Viewer, enter a name for the place and that's it!
Reviews
Leave a written thought, review, rating or memory wherever and whenever you want, publicly (so other users can rate your comment) or privately (only you can see it). Reviews are written using the Reviews Editor, which also has a button at the top left to define some settings such as font size, colors to use and the type of review to save.
Whether you've saved a review as public or private, you can change its status at any time in your list on the home screen by swiping right and pressing the corresponding menu button to toggle between statuses.
The Reviews Editor also allows you to create postcard-like photos or cards combining your thoughts with the location. To do this, simply type something and preview it in the editor.
Then a button is activated at the top center of the Reviews Editor that allows you to open shot mode: with which you can capture and save your thought or capture and share it with others.
