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DroidAR Tools for Android
Monday, 6 Feb, 2012 – 15:17 | No Comment
DroidAR Tools for Android

I know I blog a lot about iOS and often neglect our Android readers, so it’s always good to hear from Android developers who ask ‘how about me’. Good stuff.
This morning I posted about the …

Developing AR Applications is Obvious
Monday, 6 Feb, 2012 – 12:49 | No Comment
Developing AR Applications is Obvious

After writing a book last year on developing content for augmented reality browsers using Layar, junaio and Wikitude, I’m pleased to say that I will shortly be starting a more ambitious book project focused on …

Traveller AR First Look
Monday, 30 Jan, 2012 – 18:30 | No Comment
Traveller AR First Look

When you load the Traveller AR game its clear to see where the inspiration has come from. The game is very Elite like, you start with a basic ship, travel between the numerous space stations located in the galaxy while trading cargo in an attempt to build up your money and to equip your ship.

Give your iPhone movies the FX treatment with AR
Wednesday, 28 Dec, 2011 – 19:36 | No Comment
Give your iPhone movies the FX treatment with AR

Unless you have access to a special effects studio, your iPhone movies will be a bit on the bland side. At this time of year its probably endless hours of aunty Doris sitting around the …

Augmented Reality Tools Now Free From metaio
Thursday, 8 Dec, 2011 – 18:07 | No Comment
Augmented Reality Tools Now Free From metaio

No doubt about it, everyone wants to capture the augmented reality developer and have them building applications using their tools. Even a casual search around Google will dig up a plethora of SDKs all demanding …

Wikitude For BlackBerry
Thursday, 8 Dec, 2011 – 14:59 | No Comment
Wikitude For BlackBerry

Wikitude Expands Support for BlackBerry Smartphones
The BBM connected app now supports BlackBerry 6 OS and higher, and is available in BlackBerry App World starting today
As part of BlackBerry® Dev Con Asia taking place in Singapore …

Fake Your Own Moon Landing
Thursday, 8 Dec, 2011 – 13:33 | No Comment
Fake Your Own Moon Landing

Have you have ever wanted to fake your own Apollo moon landing? As they say at Apple, there’s an app for that. MoonWalking is a new £0.69 ($0.99) app that enables you to experience the …

Take the GoldRun Challenge
Thursday, 8 Dec, 2011 – 12:44 | One Comment
Take the GoldRun Challenge

GoldRun if you haven’t tried it is an augmented reality application for the iPhone that enables you to interact with virtual objects placed around the city. Unlike other apps that encourage users to interact with …

Fuego River Adventure Motion Tracking iPad 2 Game
Wednesday, 30 Nov, 2011 – 12:49 | One Comment
Fuego River Adventure Motion Tracking iPad 2 Game

Fuego’s River Adventure is an iPad 2 only game that detects your movements to control the onscreen character. You’ll need to stand about 4-5 feet away from your iPad so it has good field of vision of your movements

PlayStation Vita Augmented Reality Teaser
Monday, 28 Nov, 2011 – 15:55 | 2 Comments
PlayStation Vita Augmented Reality Teaser

If you are wondering what to do with those envelopes stuffed with cash you’ll receive from aunties and uncles over the Christmas holiday then wonder no more. Our advice is to put the cash away …

AR Defender The Benchmark in AR Gaming
Friday, 25 Nov, 2011 – 14:56 | No Comment
AR Defender The Benchmark in AR Gaming

Recently there have been a number of great augmented reality games hit the market that extend the genre beyond just turning on the devices camera for the sake of being called ‘augmented reality’. One of …

The Mercedes-Benz AR Experience
Friday, 25 Nov, 2011 – 13:50 | No Comment
The Mercedes-Benz AR Experience

Mercedes-Benz is the latest brand to get in on augmented reality bandwagon with the launch of not one but two augmented reality applications for iOS and Android. Unfortunately neither app is particularly impressive.
If you are …

RC vCar The Next Best Thing To Owning A Car
Monday, 21 Nov, 2011 – 15:05 | No Comment
RC vCar The Next Best Thing To Owning A Car

If the sky-high cost of fuel has put you off owning a car, the next best thing is owning a virtual car. RC vCar from Pop Culture Software is an entertainment based application that displays …

Parrot AR Drone Review
Monday, 14 Nov, 2011 – 15:32 | 3 Comments
Parrot AR Drone Review

The AR Drone is the ultimate flying experience and the most fun I have had with augmented reality for sometime. The added bonus of cameras and dedicated augmented reality games just takes the fun to the next level.

Ice Cream Sandwich Face Recognition
Wednesday, 19 Oct, 2011 – 15:04 | No Comment
Ice Cream Sandwich Face Recognition

Sometime last year I said 2011 would be the year of face recognition. I thought come December we’d be knee deep in people waiving their phones in our faces that it would almost be second …

Farrago augmented reality experience creator
Monday, 17 Oct, 2011 – 19:40 | No Comment
Farrago augmented reality experience creator

Farrago, published by Hololabs Studio is the oddly named yet interesting augmented reality app you’ll find hidden away in the iPhone App Store.  Simply put, it’s an easy to use augmented reality experience creator that …

AR Drone + Vuzix Wrap 920 = Serious Fun
Monday, 10 Oct, 2011 – 19:37 | No Comment
AR Drone + Vuzix Wrap 920 = Serious Fun

The Parrot AR Drone is a seriously fun piece of kit. I also most had my hands on a review unit a few weeks ago. Unfortunately the reviewer before me broke it so I am …

Augmented Reality and NFC. The wave of the future?
Thursday, 8 Sep, 2011 – 14:29 | One Comment
Augmented Reality and NFC. The wave of the future?

This morning a colleague of mine attended a talk about NFC (near field communications). The talk was aimed at how NFC is set to become the technology of the decade and the impact it will …

AR Drone Hits Android
Wednesday, 7 Sep, 2011 – 15:42 | No Comment
AR Drone Hits Android

There is no doubt about it, the AR Drone looks like a seriously fun piece of kit. Unfortunately however its been an iPhone/iPad exclusive since launch, until now that is. Android owners dust off your …

Layar Vision Webinar and Win $$$
Wednesday, 31 Aug, 2011 – 11:59 | One Comment
Layar Vision Webinar and Win $$$

You may have seen that Layar recently released Layar Vision as a beta for Android. What’s more, if you’re the creative type then you have the opportunity to win a share of $55,000. Layar if …

junaio 3.0: The next step in mobile AR
Tuesday, 30 Aug, 2011 – 15:54 | No Comment
junaio 3.0: The next step in mobile AR

When Google released Google Goggles a year or so back I’m sure it caught many of the incumbent AR browser providers off guard. Goggles in case you don’t know is an image recognition application that …

insideAR Munich Event
Thursday, 11 Aug, 2011 – 13:26 | No Comment
insideAR Munich Event

It only seems like yesterday we had our very own Augmented Planet 2011 event in London. And lets not forget ARE 2011 or AR Summit.
If you missed those events or perhaps you didn’t get enough …