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Are you a huge Black Eyed Peas fan? Do you own an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch 4th gen? Love augmented reality? If you answered yes to any or all of those questions and you’re willing to fork over $2.99, you should check out the BEP360 app. Like the name suggests, the app gives you…
On top of the new WebWorks SDK for the PlayBook and Payment Service, RIM made another announcement at DevCon Asia yesterday: developer tools for BlackBerry OS 6.1. The new OS will include stuff like a magnetometer (better known as a digital compass, so your phone can tell direction), support for OpenGL-ES 2.0 for better 3D…
It was the CES time and we’ve almost missed that the iPhone version of the popular augmented reality browser Layar has been updated. Version 4.0 is readily available for the iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4 users, packing several new capabilities, including: Gyroscope support – an iPhone 4-only thing that will see objects moving across the…
metaio, the company behind the popular mobile augmented reality client – junaio, launched the so called “Ad-Inject” service for mobile advertising, allowing brands to inject location and context sensitive messages into relevant information channels on junaio. Right from the bat they’ve found a first advertiser – German parcel service Hermes, which launched a first nationwide…
As part of its Christmas promotion campaign, metaio has teamed-up with German Magician Simon Pierro to show users some augmented reality magic made possible with junaio. The video combines classic magical skills with real-time visualization technology. It has been captured in a single shot and contains no post production or editing except sound and some…
metaio launched a new version of its popular augmented reality browser – junaio. From what I can tell, the new version (2.5) rocks an improved user interface which should help folks explore their surroundings in an even easier fashion. For instance, junaio 2.5 allows users to add channels to favorites, review their personal channel history…
There are no doubts in my mind that augmented reality is set for explosive growth. Let’s face it, augmented reality apps can offer more convenient way to explore your surrounding than standard maps. That said, I wasn’t surprised to learn that research firm ARCchart forecasts that revenues generated from mobile phone augmented reality applications will…
If you’re one of a lucky few with AR.Drone unit, you’ll be glad to know that now it can used for more than flying around your house (or that’s a mansion). Parrot, the company behind the super-cool product, launched AR.Pursuit, an augmented reality game that is made to add extra fun to your AR.Drone experience.…
Tokyo, Japan-based AITIA Corporation has launched what they say is the world’s first augmented reality motion video and still image shooting application called “Mosimo Camera” for Android smartphones. The name “Mosimo” comes from “what if…” in Japanese and the idea is to allow users to take incredible photos — i.e. “what if your girlfriend sparkled…
metaio, the company behind the popular augmented reality browser – junaio, announced that three companies are adopting their technology to launch AR campaigns – Connecticut Magazine, amNewYork and GSMA. amNewYork, which is Manhattan’s most distributed daily newspaper, used junaio to present readers with enriched editorials, such as Macy-sponsored flying balloons and the solution to a…