Not sure which MRT station to drop off for the fastest way to your destination? Here’s a useful Facebook Camera filter that fires up an entire MRT map in augmented reality.
The tool is created by Singaporean Timothi Lim and here’s a video to show how it works.
So cool.
Benefits of the AR map include letting tourists and expats navigate around Singapore via MRT with ease. Users can also access the full MRT map easily anywhere, whether it is in-train, outside the MRT station, school, office or home.
There’s also no need to download a separate app since it uses the Facebook app.
Here are the steps to make it work on your Facebook app:
According to Timothi, the AR experience was created using SparkAR, Facebook’s AR development platform while the map graphic belongs to SMRT.
He also plans to update the tool to include the Standard Ticket, Tourist Pass and NETS FlashPay card in the future.
Learn more from Timothi Lim