A month ago, we covered Wikitude, an augmented reality app for Google Android. Augmented reality takes virtual data, places it on your phone, and allows you to interact with it using your compass, camera, and GPS. The end result is the ability to see virtual items and information in the real world.

Wikitude’s AR app combines Wikipedia and geotagged information from its users and places it in your hands. But while it’s been on Android for some time, it hasn’t been on the iPhone. That’s because has Apple has only recently begun to accept AR on the iPhone, inadvertently starting with Yelp’s easter egg.

But now we’ve learned from ReadWriteWeb that Wikitude has made its debut on the iPhone. The free app is now available in the iTunes store [iTunes link].

The app, which only works on the iPhone 3GS model (since it has a compass), utilizes three layers of information and superimposes them on your iPhone: information from Wikipedia, local reviews from London-based Qype, and finally crowdsourced information from its Wikitude.me website. With it, you can tag any location with personal notes that others can see. You can’t tell me that isn’t awesome.

Apple’s been slowly opening the doors to more and more AR apps, but Wikitude is one we’ve specifically been waiting for. There are just so many possibilities with augmented reality that we can’t help but be excited about this development and the future of AR.

Tags: AR, Augmented Reality, iphone, wikipedia, wikitude

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