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The University of Southern California (USC) and Nokia Research Center (NRC) Hollywood announced the so called “research collaboration framework agreement” that centers on advanced mobile user experiences. Under the terms of the deal, the two parties will work together on multiple projects in a variety of areas and will streamline the process for commercializing USC inventions.
The first project will focus on the advancement of Augmented Reality, technology that supplements user’s view of the real world with three-dimensional computer graphic objects “providing a real-time, interactive and intuitive means of accessing and displaying spatial information.”
According to Nokia, this area is a key technology in enabling advanced mobile user applications. Initially, USC and Nokia will focus on new vision-based AR tracking and content recognition techniques, adapted for use on mobile platforms. On that note, Nokia has recently unveiled its Nokia Point & Find service.
Finally, it’s worth noting that The University of Southern California is the first university to enter into a collaborative research agreement with Nokia’s Hollywood research arm. The USC Stevens Institute for Innovation facilitated the licensing transaction, and the financial terms were not disclosed…
[Via: Blogging VR]
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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.
