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Layar & Wikitude come to the iPhone
Thursday, 8 Oct, 2009 – 11:47 | 3 Comments
Layar & Wikitude come to the iPhone

The leading augmented reality browsers applications for the Goggle Android platform come to the iPhone

GetFugu Logo Recognition For Android And iPhone
Thursday, 1 Oct, 2009 – 19:38 | 5 Comments
GetFugu Logo Recognition For Android And iPhone

Imagine if you could treat any logo as if it was a bar code, or if you could take a picture of any product logo and get back special offers, take part in competitions and more. Take a look at GetFugu for the iPhone and Google Android devices. It does exactly what it says on the tin.

Augmented Mapping The Future Of Maps?
Wednesday, 30 Sep, 2009 – 20:37 | 5 Comments
Augmented Mapping The Future Of Maps?

When it comes to planning a journey from A to B we have no shortage of GPS devices to assist. But sometimes I don’t want to plan a journey, I just want a very simple …

Mobilizy Shape The Future Of Augmented Reality
Wednesday, 23 Sep, 2009 – 10:47 | No Comment
Mobilizy Shape The Future Of Augmented Reality

Mobilizy take the lead and submit Augmented Reality Markup Language (ARML) to the AR Consortium. What does this mean for users and how will it change the way we use augmented reality in the future?

Coming soon to an iPhone near you
Monday, 21 Sep, 2009 – 12:14 | 4 Comments
Coming soon to an iPhone near you

Metaio annouced on Friday they are launching an augmented reality application called Junaio for the iPhone.

Scheduled for release on the 3rd November, Junaio will enable users to access and share information on their surroundings.

Augmented Reality for Nokia owners
Friday, 18 Sep, 2009 – 12:03 | 2 Comments
Augmented Reality for Nokia owners

Nokia owners no longer need to feel left out of the augmented reality game. We take a look at some of the augmented reality applications available for Nokia devices

Quiet Thursday augmented reality update
Thursday, 17 Sep, 2009 – 11:05 | One Comment
Quiet Thursday augmented reality update

New videos from Layar and Nokia to share their augmented reality vision’s of the future. Hit or miss?

Robotvision for the iPhone
Monday, 7 Sep, 2009 – 10:23 | 2 Comments
Robotvision for the iPhone

The number of augmented reality software applications that give you local search capabilities continues to grow with the latest application for the iPhone. Robotvision to be released later this month will enable you to find local services. Why have human vision when you can have robotvision?

Augmented Reality Driving Applications
Tuesday, 1 Sep, 2009 – 12:13 | One Comment
Augmented Reality Driving Applications

Are these the two ultimate must have augmented reality applications for Android owners?
Get turn by turn navigation instructions overlayed on reality in the new Wikitude drive AR navigation system. It’s a Heads Up Display navigation system for your car. Tired of getting stuck in traffic? Then the augmented reality Traffic View application could save you hours.

Augmented London – The New iPhone App
Monday, 31 Aug, 2009 – 12:07 | 2 Comments
Augmented London – The New iPhone App

The latest augmented reality mobile application for the iPhone enables you to find your way around London on the trains and buses. Additional POIs help you to find food, wifi points or find all the major London sights. With the London Bus application you’ll make the most of your visit to the city.

Whether you are a tourist or a cockney sparrow you need never be lost in the city of London again. Is this this iPhone application that every Londoner must have?

Hidden iPhone Augmented Reality Feature
Friday, 28 Aug, 2009 – 11:24 | 3 Comments
Hidden iPhone Augmented Reality Feature

If you have an iPhone then check out the hidden augmented reality Easter egg feature in the Yelp application. It’s Layar on your iPhone.

Heavens Above Augmented Reality
Wednesday, 26 Aug, 2009 – 13:43 | No Comment
Heavens Above Augmented Reality

2 augmented reality application that will show you objects in the sky. Track the location of satellites or impress your friends with your knowledge of the locations of planets and constellations.

ARound – New Version
Monday, 24 Aug, 2009 – 13:26 | No Comment
ARound – New Version

Sequence Point Software release an update to their Symbian based Augmented Reality application, ARound.

87 Layers And Counting
Tuesday, 18 Aug, 2009 – 16:20 | No Comment
87 Layers And Counting

A quick congratulations to the guys at Layar today who have now taken their product global and have an amazing 87 layers available for their augmented reality browser.
If you are not familiar with Layar, Layar …

Sticky Light And The Sekai Camera Application
Tuesday, 11 Aug, 2009 – 12:50 | One Comment
Sticky Light And The Sekai Camera Application

Over the years I have been to a fair few tradeshows and exhibitions, I’ve even been known to arrange a few in my time as well. Walking around a tradeshow trying to find the interesting …

Augmented Tourisum
Monday, 10 Aug, 2009 – 12:21 | One Comment
Augmented Tourisum

Welcome to Monday. I have a feeling this is going to be great week.
Please continue to send in your details if you are a developer looking for augmented reality projects to work on, or if …

Metaio AR Vision Video
Friday, 31 Jul, 2009 – 10:24 | 2 Comments
Metaio AR Vision Video

The guys at Metaio in San Francisco have just launch an augmented reality vision video for some of the products they are working on.
Unfortunately the video doesn’t appear to have sound so you’ll have to …

ARound for the Nokia N97
Tuesday, 28 Jul, 2009 – 8:36 | 3 Comments
ARound for the Nokia N97

Nokia owners rejoice, at least if you are a N97 owner.  Over the last few months every AR application has been for the iPhone or Android devices and no doubt you have started to feel …

TwittAround AR App for the iPhone 3GS
Thursday, 23 Jul, 2009 – 14:48 | No Comment
TwittAround AR App for the iPhone 3GS

TwittARound is an augmented reality Twitter viewer for the iPhone. With TwittARound you can use the phones camera to look around and see where and how near people are tweeting.

The whole idea of tweeting your …

Augmented Reality Face Recognition
Wednesday, 22 Jul, 2009 – 9:12 | No Comment
Augmented Reality Face Recognition

TAT have a rather nice augmented ID demo that is a mash up with face recognition. I believe this is only a concept right now (ie vapourware) but cool nether-the-less.

ReadWriteWeb have rather longer description of …

Nearest Tube – AR Application
Monday, 6 Jul, 2009 – 13:16 | No Comment
Nearest Tube – AR Application

Ah, back from vacation. 2 weeks of sitting in the sun, swimming in the sea and drinking cocktails. Only on holiday does the wife allow me to drink cocktails at 10am each morning.
Now the holiday …

IBM Seer, Augmented Reality At Wimbledon
Thursday, 18 Jun, 2009 – 14:43 | One Comment
IBM Seer, Augmented Reality At Wimbledon

Twitter seems to have gone ARRR Zombie crazy today. Have you noticed how something gets pickup on Twitter and the world goes crazy for a few days, then a few weeks later someone else picks …