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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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

August Bunnies – A Belated Easter Post
Wednesday, 10 Aug, 2011 – 14:58 | No Comment
August Bunnies – A Belated Easter Post

Firstly I know that summer has come and almost gone leaving us well into August so I’m a little ashamed to be talking about an Easter augmented reality application. The truth is my inbox is …

Mobile Face Recognition Coming Soon?
Thursday, 28 Jul, 2011 – 16:01 | No Comment
Mobile Face Recognition Coming Soon?

I stuck my neck on the line at the beginning of the year and said that 2011 would be the year of face recognition. It’s nearly August and so far face recognition technology for mobile …

AR! Pirates
Monday, 11 Jul, 2011 – 20:37 | No Comment
AR! Pirates

If you have an iPhone and you’re looking for a little natural feature tracking gaming, or just want to earn a few office guru points, take a look at the new(ish) AR!  Pirates game from …

String AR Demos You Need To Try
Monday, 16 May, 2011 – 9:30 | No Comment
String AR Demos You Need To Try

Having just finished a post about the amazing String AR SDK I wanted to follow up with a post for those of you who are not developers. If you are looking for some cool augmented …

Augmented Reality Powered By String
Monday, 16 May, 2011 – 9:30 | One Comment
Augmented Reality Powered By String

Many developers ask me about natural feature tracking SDKs for mobile devices.  One of the cool SDKs I like is the String SDK.
If you are already familiar with AR you’ll notice that String lives somewhere …

Where To. The Next Browser
Thursday, 28 Apr, 2011 – 14:02 | No Comment
Where To. The Next Browser

Using Where To you can find restaurants, schools, airports and everything in between. The app splits the POIs in to 12 categories and is amazingly simple to use thanks to an innovative wheel menu. There are no complicate menus or searches to navigate in an attempt to find the content you are looking for, with everything being easily accessed.

Combining AR with Art with Konstruct
Thursday, 28 Apr, 2011 – 12:58 | One Comment
Combining AR with Art with Konstruct

James Alliban, one of the leading AR developers in the UK recently released his first iPhone application to the App Store. The application which was developed using the amazing String SDK is a clever mix …

Augmented Planet Event For AR Developers
Thursday, 14 Apr, 2011 – 11:09 | No Comment
Augmented Planet Event For AR Developers

AP2011 the annual Augmented Planet event is announced and our speaker line up is looking amazing. If you have ever wondered how you can create your own augmented reality applications this is the event …

Attention developers building mobile applications for Android, iPhone, bada and Symbian.
Monday, 4 Apr, 2011 – 13:37 | No Comment
Attention developers building mobile applications for Android, iPhone, bada and Symbian.

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 …

mTrip Augmented Reality Travel Guide Promotion
Wednesday, 23 Mar, 2011 – 22:32 | 2 Comments
mTrip Augmented Reality Travel Guide Promotion

If you’re planning a well-earned holiday this summer keep an eye open Thursday for the mTrip augmented reality travel guides. Not only are they great travel guides with augmented reality functionality but the mTrip guys …