MTS-Ukraine has launched a project "Augmented Reality" in Kharkov

The mobile operator "MTS Ukraine" has announced the launch of the Kharkov national historical project using innovative technology of augmented reality. The operator relies on the popularity of the project among the tourists, fans who come to Ukraine for the European Football Championship. As the operator of its project "Augmented Reality" smartphone gives users an opportunity not only to learn how to look the existing historical sites in the past, but also to see those who have not survived to our days. At the moment, he embraces Kyiv, Lviv and Donetsk, now joined him Kharkov. This means that the project will work in all cities where football matches will be held the European Championship. At the heart of the project "Augmented Reality" is a popular service Historypin. To make a short digression into the history of the city, you must install a client application for smartphones iOS or Android and run it on the device. The application will automatically detect the location of the user and prompts him to see old photos of him next to the historic sites. Moreover, by pointing the camera at an object, you can see the archive image on top of the modern type of the object, adjusting the transparency of the image with a finger across the screen. The screen can also be derived, and the other associated with the object information. Service "Augmented Reality" for part of Kharkov was created with the support of these innovators and experts in the historical past of the first capital - employees of the Kharkiv National University. VN Karasin, headed by a candidate of historical sciences, head of the department of tourism business Parfinenko Anatoli Yurevich.