Guest PaulOBrien Posted September 28, 2012 Report Share Posted September 28, 2012 Google, or more specificially NianticLabs@Google, has released a new local discovery application for Android named 'Field Trip', a 'guide to the cool, hidden, and unique things in the world around you'. The Play store description of the application is actually excellent. Field Trip runs in the background on your phone. When you get close to something interesting, it pops up a card with details about the location. No click is required. If you have a headset or bluetooth connected, it can even read the info to you. Field Trip can help you learn about everything from local history to the latest and best places to shop, eat, and have fun. You select the local feeds you like and the information pops up on your phone automatically, as you walk next to those places. The hyperlocal history experts of Arcadia will unveil local lore in places you never expected. Trend-setting publications like Thrillist, Food Network, Zagat, and Eater will point out the best places to eat and drink. Experts at Sunset, Cool Hunting, WeHeart, Inhabitat, and Remodelista will guide you to the latest unique stores and products. Atlas Obscura and Daily Secret help you uncover hidden gems no matter where you are. Songkick and Flavorpill guide you to local music. What did you discover today? Enrich yourself with a Field trip during your commute. Live like a local when you travel to new places. Eat and shop off the beaten path. Or simply discover the obscure history about your neighborhood during your next walk to the park. Get ready to see this world with new eyes! Highlights: ★ Discover thousands of interesting places/experiences that fall under the following categories: Architecture, Historic Places & Events, Lifestyle, Offers & Deals, Food Drinks & Fun, Movie Locations, Outdoor Art and Obscure Places of Interest around you. ★ Choose from three different modes to set frequency of Field Trip notifications. See “Field Trip” worthy places around you on a map, by tapping on cards in map view to pull up enthralling points of interest around you. ★ Go on a Field Trip while you drive. Field Trip can detect when you’re driving and automatically “talk” about interesting places and experience around you. ★ Capture the memory of a special place, by sharing a wondrous discovery through email and social networks such as Google+, Twitter and Facebook. ★ Wondering where the gem that you recently discovered is? Find your discovered field trip cards in the “recent’ section. ★ Field trip learns what you love. Thumbs up or down to tune the information discovery engine. So that's the sales pitch, what is it like? First off, on your phone (there's no tablet optimised UI yet), it looks gorgeous. It's got a level of polish that - dare I say it - we're more used to seeing on iOS apps than Android apps, with faux textures (used in a good way), excellent high resolution graphics and an intuitive UI. You can choose how often your phone alerts you to interesting things nearby (often, occasionally or off) and exactly how often you get alerted will depend very much upon where you live. I do like that you can even set the application to read new notifications to you via text-to-speech over a Bluetooth connection when in the car. :) Field trip is only officially available in the US for now, but appears to work in the UK too with varying levels of success depending on where you live (there's not much round my way, i'm interested to hear about where you live!). The 'card' UI could potentially lend itself nicely to Google Now integration in the future, i'd quite like to see that! The official download is via the Play Store, or you can download the APK directly. Click here to view the item Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kaizoku_san Posted September 28, 2012 Report Share Posted September 28, 2012 sounds cool. gonna check it out apparently its not compatible with my g300 from google play.....off to get the apk :-p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest skull_fcuk Posted September 29, 2012 Report Share Posted September 29, 2012 Have it installed on my TF300T and my Galaxy S 3, will let you know how they work out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest b4da55 Posted September 29, 2012 Report Share Posted September 29, 2012 I live in Milton Keynes,UK and nothing nearby!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dieter Schroeder Posted September 30, 2012 Report Share Posted September 30, 2012 Small town in Germany and showing up a concert next weekend. Download from store doesn't work for me, but he apk works flawless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mrrog Posted September 30, 2012 Report Share Posted September 30, 2012 I live near the NEC, nothing going on there. I reckon the app would be better if you could select somewhere your going to and then see details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Zarch1972 Posted October 4, 2012 Report Share Posted October 4, 2012 Whooooah, it came up with something going on Sheffield. Scared the life out of me when it beeped. Says theres a band playing a Pub in the town centre on October 11th. Looks like the feed came from "songkick.com", so looks like Google have signed up with various listings websites and just put 2+2 together when you're in that area. Agree about the UI though, looks great. When the event comes in it shows you the map of how to get there, you can rate the event good or bad and then share it (twitter/facebook and all your normal share with options). This App certainly has possibilities. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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