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Wikitude to bring its augmented reality tech to BlackBerry 10

By: , IntoMobile
Saturday, May 5th, 2012 at 4:16 AM

Wikitude announced that it will support the newly unveiled BlackBerry 10, which may or may not help RIM survive the ever competitive mobile landscape. In other words — and as Wikitude likes to emphasize — their Augmented Reality platform will be first of its kind on this new OS.

Wikitude for BlackBerry 10 will give consumers and developers a wide range of interactivity including multimedia support, field of vision triggers and animations to name only a few. Best of all, it will enable AR developers to utilize standard web technologies like HTML5, JavaScript and CSS for the creation of their AR Worlds.

As for when can we expect Wikitude to release its BlackBerry 10 app, the company said “later this year,” which is everything but specific though I guess we can’t blame them for that since RIM has to launch first devices that run the new mobile OS…

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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.

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