ixigo, India's leading travel marketplace, has introduced India's first augmented reality (AR) feature on its trains app. The AR Coach Position feature will enable train travellers to accurately locate their coach positions for over 13,000 passenger trains at more than 7,000 railway stations across the country.
With the Coach Position feature, iOS users (using iPhone 6 and above) just need to use their smartphone in order to have their coaches instantly categorised and labelled, thereby identifying how far away they are from their intended coach. ixigo's AR feature leverages ARKit, Apple's augmented reality (AR) technology toolkit, that delivers engaging experiences through the seamless blending of virtual objects with the real world. Users with the ixigo trains app need to grant camera access to the app, point it at the railway platform, and the app will overlay coach positions of their train on the phone screen.
Other key updates also being rolled out are Station Alarm and Rescheduled trains. These features will provide users with live updates and instructions to improve their train travel experience.
The Station Alarm feature will alert users as they approach their destination station, ensuring that users can sleep worry free. The rescheduled trains feature will allow users to easily check if their train is cancelled, diverted or rescheduled. ixigo has also added a host of interesting iMessage stickers to help users communicate on the go.