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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…
Nokia’s mad scientists working at Beta Labs have released a new application called “Nokia 3D World Gaze”. Like many augmented reality applications that have come before it, most of which are absolutely pointless and serve no other function than being a technology demo to wow a crowd at a conference, you point your mobile phone…
I’m a big fan of augmented reality. Apps like Layar, junaio and Wikitude help users discover new places either at their home town or when they travel. Up until this point none of the AR apps was optimized for Honeycomb tablets (as far as I know, that is). Now Wikitude launched a new version of…
A smartphone is a great companion for every trip. There are a number of apps that can make your travel easier, whether it’s about finding a place to stay, monuments and historical sights to see, or learning more about the city/place you’re visiting… there’s (usually) an app for that. Here are some apps I’ve found…
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.…
As a part of the announcement of the BlackBerry Bold 9900 this week, RIM showcased a preloaded augmented reality app that we’ve seen on other platforms called Wikitude. Since the 9900 is the first BlackBerry to include a magnetic compass and the right display overlay software, it’s the first to support AR apps. To give…
It was back in February 2010 when Qualcomm first announced its augmented reality platform. Then in March they opened an augmented reality R&D center in Vienna, Austria; and finally in October, launched the first Android SDK in beta. Now that SDK is ready for the prime time and offered through the company’s online developer network,…
The Navigon app has been one of the best ways to get turn-by-turn navigation on the Apple iPhone and the app has just received an update to include some augmented reality features. The Navigon iPhone app now lets you use the Apple iPhone’s camera to get some points of interest on your screen. For example,…
Microsoft spent this morning talking about Windows Phone during its MIX 11 developers conference. We have already covered the new developer tools and some changes to the Windows Phone Mango update, but now we are going to focus on some of the hot new apps slated to land on Windows Phone in the coming months.…
Microsoft is beefing up its development tools for Windows Phone 7 and this should pave the way for a wave of new apps. Will this be enough to catch the iPhone and Android? During Microsoft’s MIX 2011 conference, Microsoft outlined some of the new tools and capabilities Windows Phone 7 developers will be able to…