Augmented Planet have assembled the leading AR platforms providers for an exclusive developer event in Kensington, London on the 1st and 2nd of June for the annual Augmented Planet Event. This years conference focuses on …

The last few months have been a blogging wilderness from me and for that I apologise. The reason being is; I am pleased to announce, I have been working on an augmented reality book titled: …

Nokia entered the augmented reality gaming market with a game called ‘Conspiracy For Good’. The game developed in conjunction with Tim Kring (the director of Heroes), sees players pit their wits against a corrupt company, using their Nokia device players can take on assignments in their city to help bring the company down.

Symbian owners looking for augmented reality applications have a ray of sunshine this morning. Optricks Media have just released their first augmented reality game for 5th edition Symbian devices.

The game titled AR! Pirates is a natural feature tracking game where you use your phones camera to battle the attacking pirates hell bent on stealing your treasure.

I have been meaning to write about Microsoft Tags for a while, and since yesterday I was on a rant about QR Codes now is as a good a time as ever. Microsoft Tags and QR Codes are like peas in a pod. Both offer you dynamic links so you can update where the code points and both can give you rich stats enabling you to the monitor the efficiency of your campaign and well as track the geographic location of your visitors. So what’s so different about Microsoft Tags?

Toozla looks like it will be a surefire winner, if you are travelling you have access to your very own audio tour. No waiving your mobile device around in an unknown area, just put in your earphones and when something interesting is nearby the application will tell you.

Metaio recently released an augmented reality game for Nokia devices. Titled Zombie ShootAR, the game takes place in a world overrun with hoards of the undead who are intent on making you lunch.
For those of you …

Awesome example of using augmented reality and a Lego powered robot to solve a Rubik’s cube.

Recently Nokia launched Ovi Maps Racing for Nokia Symbian^1 handsets. The idea behind the game is that you use your current location to create a track around where you are using Ovi Maps, and then you can race around, trying to set the fastest lap times.

Toozla have just announced the launch of what I think is the worlds first augmented reality sound browser. It works just like Layar or Wikitude in that it uses location based services to determine your current location and then depending on what channels you are subscribed to will give you an audio commentary. The channels include a Tourist channel for finding information on nearby landmarks, a Services channel to receive promotional information from shops and business and a Weather and Chat channel

Until today, Symbian users have had very little to shout about when looking for augmented reality applications, but the good news is if you are a Nokia 97 owner you can now download Wikitude from OVI.

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 …

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

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

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

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 …

The most impressive augmented reality demos I have seen to date have come from the guys at HIT Lab NZ. Not only have they been doing fantastic stuff, but unlike a lot of the demos …