Homer's Compass
An AR walking companion for Troy and other Homeric sites: point your phone at the ruins and get narration tying the stones in front of you to specific passages in the Iliad and Odyssey, plus a layered view of the nine cities buried at Hisarlik.
Travelers visiting Troy who want more than museum placards
- AR overlay that highlights which Troy layer (Troy VI, Troy VII, etc.) you are standing on and what Homer wrote about it
- Audio narration of the relevant Iliad and Odyssey passages in modern English as you walk the path
- Cross-site itinerary planner linking Troy with Mycenae, Ithaca, Knossos, and other Homeric locations
- Scholar mode that surfaces excavation commentary from researchers like Cline, Wilson, and Aslan
Troy is in a fresh wave of public interest from ongoing excavations and this National Geographic piece, but on-site information is limited to printed signs that never link the stones to specific Homeric passages
Troy tourism is steady and the NatGeo article indicates growing public interest among classical-curious travelersTürkiye's Troy site, museum attract 400,000 visitors in 8 months ↗
General travel apps cover Troy but none layer Homeric text onto the actual ruinsTürkiye's Troy site, museum attract 400,000 visitors in 8 months ↗
Travel apps monetize via affiliate bookings and premium one-site packs at $20-40; modest willingness to payTürkiye's Troy site, museum attract 400,000 visitors in 8 months ↗
Troy is a permanent archaeological site and the Homeric texts are timeless; the product wouldn't decay
AR walking tours are a proven category (Pompeii, Acropolis apps exist); needs curated Homeric content