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Popular augmented reality browser Wikitude has been updated with several handy features, including the ability to scan your money and instantly get exchange rates. Yup, you can test it out with your dollars and euros and see how much they’re worth today.
Alongside the app update — which BTW is now in version 7.5 — Wikitude has also released a new SDK, featuring image recognition capabilities powered by Qualcomm Vuforia SDK — to make the money recognition possible, among other things. Developers can now use HTML drawables to create complex visualizations of AR objects, rely on relative locations to create AR content based on the user’s location and there’s also a fully customizable AR radar. In addition, animations have been beefed-up with the inclusion of Sprite Animations, 3D Transformations and Animation Groups to allow complex types of animations.
Wikitude 7.5 is available as a free download for iOS and Android, and you can get it by clicking on the appropriate link below…
Wikitude (FREE) [iTunes link] [Google Play link]
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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.
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