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Now that compass-equipped BlackBerry smartphones are gradually hitting the streets, augmented reality app developers can now start setting up shop on RIM’s handsets. Layar launched their offering on App World today, which lets you browser nearby points of interest, like restaurants, hotels, and helpful data like geo-located Wikipedia articles and tweets just by point your…
When it comes to the feature set, junaio is the best augmented reality browser out there. It has been recognizing different kind of objects for more than a year now, while its archrival Layar introduced the capability roughly a month ago. Now metaio (developer of the software) announced version 3.0 of its app, touting it…
Zappar is a new mobile app that brings videogame characters and other 3D objects to life at in-store point of sale. The augmented reality application was launched exclusively at GAMESCOM Expo in Cologne, Germany, promoting the videogame All Zombies Must Die! in partnership with games developer and distributor – doublesix. The Zappar technology allows consumers…
blippar is a brand new smartphone app for iOS and Android smartphones made in partnership with Cadbury UK and Ireland. Available as a free download, the application will “turn” select Cadbury products like a Dairy Milk and Twirl into an augmented reality experiences. Once a user starts blippar and “sees” a Cadbury product through a…
The augmented reality company Layar launched the Layar Creation Challenge, allowing developers around the world to compete for $55,000 in total cash prizes, to be rewarded to ten developers with the best concepts for useful layers using the recently launched Layar Vision platform extension. Layars will be judged around the following four categories: magazines, books,…
Mobile augmented reality platform Layar is about to be enhanced with a new feature that recognizes real world objects and can show digital content on top of them. Dubbed Layar Vision, it will allow users to hold their smartphone over posters, magazines and newspapers to view and interact with these “digital experiences.” On the other…
I’ve no doubts in my mind Qualcomm is super serious about the prospects of the augmented reality technology. The company — which we usually know for their chipsets — has a dedicated R&D center in Vienna, Austria that has already released an Android SDK, allowing mobile developers to add AR experiences to their apps. Now…
Wikitude, one of the earliest augmented reality apps, has just launched a new product called Wikitude Drive. Well, “new” is a relative term; they’ve actually been working on this product for a couple of years now. Much like its points of interest browser, the Wikitude Drive overlays driving directions on top of a live image…
You’ve probably already used some check-in app/service like Foursquare, Gowalla or even Facebook Places (available from within the Facebook app). They’re all pretty similar, allowing you to tell your followers and/or friends where you are at any particular day. On the other hand, you can see which places are popular and where your friends at…
After releasing an Android SDK, Qualcomm is going for the iPhone developers to offer them the same (or at least similar) tools to make augmented reality apps or at least add AR elements into their applications. Qualcomm’s augmented reality SDK for iPhone will be released later in the summer, in partnership with an Austrian subsidiary.…