There was a time when playing with Lego meant a bit leap of imagination to bring the toys to life. Find out how Mataio and Vuzix are changing the way we will play with toys in the future.
Imagine getting a terminator eye view of the world around you. Well the future is a lot closer than you think with work on augmented reality contact lenses being tested.
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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.
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?
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.
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.
Have you ever wondered how you create an augmented reality application? What the code looks like, how you go about getting started? Wonder no more in this excellent code walk-through.
Sequence Point Software release an update to their Symbian based Augmented Reality application, ARound.
Ikea are using augmented reality to help shoppers test out items in the home before going to the store.
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 …
Go get yourself another cup of coffee and before you dive into a weekends worth of unread emails have a go at this flash based augmented reality game titled the Five Lives of Criss Angel. The …
From the same people that brought you the AR Shopper application comes CannonBallz.
The premise of the game is simple, visit the webpage, allow the application to use your webcam then dodge the cannon balls that …
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 …
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 …
From time to time I receive emails asking ‘do you know a developer familiar with developing augmented reality applications for ‘iPhone/Android/Symbian/Desktop/Web/etc’.
If you develop augmented reality applications and are interested in refrals (I’m not looking for …
Here’s and interesting idea from Mattel to bring action figures from the James Cameron Avatar movie to life. You buy the toys, each of comes with an iTag. The iTag can be scanned with any …
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 …
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Ok this application is obviously not for us guys. We are happy visiting one shop, trying on one pair …
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The Transformers ‘We Are Autobots’ demo has been around for a month now. What’s good about the demo is …
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 …
Impractical as it may sound, taking a gun to swarms of insects in your living room is surprising fun. Thanks to AR23D Studio you can enjoy it without fear of blasting a hole in your …
Guest post: Pierre Addoum is founder of Amudo LLC, an Augmented Reality company that helps businesses worldwide generate quality leads and improve customer loyalty.
It’s time to put away your old conceptions about Augmented Reality (AR). …
From time to time we see companies extending their online ecommerce store to support augmented reality as the final push in creating product desirability. We have seen it with items such as clothing (Zugara’s Webcam …
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