junaio AR app/service just got a new (and useful) channel, allowing users to locate an ATM nearby. As you can guess for yourself, once the channel is opened you will see arrows on top of camera view pointing where are ATMs around you — actually, that’s in a several mile radius. Since Addison Avenue Federal…
Microsoft Concept Phone Features Borderless Display, Projector, Phaser
In an idyllic (but cool) concept video, Microsoft shows off the potential for smartphones in the future within the context of computing in general. The phone bit starts at 2:07, but if you’re at all into tech at large, it’s worth watching from the beginning. Some of the features showcased we’re already seeing hints of…
junaio for Android available in closed beta
junaio, that other popular augmented reality platform (in addition to Layar), is about to “go Android.” The application is already available for select developers, which are part of the closed beta program. The wider availability — when everyone will be able to grab the application — is set for mid-May. The Android version will come…
Layar launches augmented reality content store!
Layar, the company behind the popular augmented reality service and application (available for the iPhone and Android), launched something completely new – Augmented Reality content store! The new service allows companies and individuals to make money by offering its content through Layar Reality Browser, which is already used on more than 1.6 million mobile devices…
Google will make Goggles a platform
Right now, Google Goggles is a neat show-off application for your Android device but the search giant has big plans for the visual search engine. “Goggles is not just an app – it’s a platform,” Goggles product manager Shailesh Nalawadi told Techradar. “Yes, we do plan to open up the platform as an API but…
Global IP Solutions unveils GIPS VideoEngine for Android
Provider of HD voice and video processing solutions Global IP Solutions (GIPS) unveiled GIPS VideoEngine for Android, which provides mobile developers the vital building blocks for integrating video conferencing/video chat capabilities into their apps. GIPS’ engine deals with a number of obstacles associated with processing video such as delay, packet loss, bandwidth limitations and echo…
iPhone Augmented Reality App Junaio Adds Categories
The Junaio augmented reality browser for iPhone has been updated to version 2.0 to include content categories, event information, and social networking. If you don’t already know the shtick with augmented reality, you point your phone’s camera (iPhone or otherwise) and have an image of what it sees on the screen, only it’s overlaid with…
Poynt for iPhone Launches with Local Search and Augmented Reality
Poynt’s popular BlackBerry application has made it to iPhone, as expected, and has an added surprise: augmented reality. At its core, Poynt offers restaurant search, yellow pages business lookup, white pages people search, and movie information all based on your current GPS coordinates. The bells and whistles that Multiplied Media have been able to include…
Microsoft working on ‘skinput’ flesh-control technology – It’s not what you think
Microsoft is working on a new flesh-control input technology called “skinput.” But, it’s not what you’re (probably) thinking. While it might be possible to one day adapt this tech to more, shall we say, “erotic” applications, the first iteration of the skinput technology focuses on using the flesh as input controls for mobile devices. The…
Video: Recognizr brings face recognition to Android
Are you tired of having to remember what your friends look like? Well, The Astonishing Tribe‘s Recognizr app will enable Android phones to recognize your friends’ faces and associate them with online services like Skype, YouTube, Facebook, and more. In addition to the aforementioned online services, the app will also associate the face with profile…