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Thanks to the GigaOm, we’ve spotted an interesting research project from Nokia. It’s the Mobile Augmented Reality Applications (MARA) project, which explores utilizing camera equipped mobile devices as platforms for sensor-based, video see-through mobile augmented reality. The project also investigates new and exciting applications enabled by this technology, and UI solutions and paradigms motivated by the restrictions of the mobile devices.
Basically, the point of the MARA project is video/photo auto tagging. The application uses an accelerometer (for orientation), a compass (for direction), and GPS (for location) to add information to the images viewed on the screen. Furthermore, the applications can recognize objects and connects to the database to identify them.
The end result could look something like this – you see a restaurant, point your phone to it and if it’s already in the database (tagged by someone else), you can get its phone number. Neat! 
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
