Trying to find your way around Disney’s Animal Kingdom? Forget those paper maps! Get PixieSafari.
PixieSafari offers a quick and easy way to locate all of the great attractions in Disney’s Animal Kingdom at the Walt Disney World Resort, located in Central Florida. With so many things to do in Disney’s Animal Kingdom it is easy to get “turned-around”; let PixieSafari help you make the most of your day at the park.
The new Augmented Reality (AR) layer, powered by 3DAR from Spot Metrix, has been integrated into the Attractions map of the app. Simple to use and easily shows the locations of the attractions around you in the park.
HOW TO USE THE NEW AR FEATURE
While holding your phone parallel to the ground, you see the map view and all of the points of interest. But holding your iPhone upright (perpendicular to the ground) the app now uses the iPhone’s camera to pinpoint those same attractions with distance and direction from your location in the park. To return to the standard map simply hold the phone parallel to the ground.
This little bit of PixieDust offers our first AR bit of magic in our PixiePins line of iOS apps.
NOTE
Since PixieSafari uses the iPhone’s mapping systems and the new AR framework an iPhone using release OS 5 or greater is required for use with this application. PixieSafari will not function properly on earlier versions.
Once you start the AR view, it may take a moment for the satellites to pinpoint your precise location. During that time, the points may jump a bit until your location is finalized and that is entirely normal and expected behavior.
As with many of our apps, they use the integrated map system of the iPhone and such require an active cellular connection in order to work. The apps will not function properly without cellular access or on the iPod Touch.
Disclaimer: PixieSafari is not affiliated, endorsed or connected with The Walt Disney Co. in any way.
