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, 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 …
As it’s getting to the end of the year it’s time to start thinking about the annual Augmented Planet Readers Choice Awards. The only place where you vote for your favourite augmented reality experience of …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Last year Samsung ran an augmented reality campaign to help consumers see how their range of flat screen TVs would look on their living room wall. Sony have jumped aboard the AR band wagon and …
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 …
If you missed out on recent AR events, AR Summit, ARE2011 or our very own Augmented Planet 2011 but you still have the taste for seeing some exciting demos and mixing with the leaders in …
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 …
The trouble with mobile augmented reality games that use the camera feed for the background is the camera usage is entirely superficial. If you’re fighting aliens, watching them appear from the TV or in front …
It seems like only yesterday that augmented reality gaming consisted of games that simply enable the phones camera to provide an interesting backdrop. Thanks to tools from companies like String and Qualcomm (and of course …
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 …
I have always been a sucker for anything zombie related. Games, books, movies and anything else you can throw at me. When the guys over at No, You Shut Up Games contacted me to tell …
There are a few demos that I like to show on those rare occasions when I get let loose in front of an audience to talk about augmented reality. One demo that I always like …
It seems that the world over Lynx are renowned for their funny deodorant adverts containing some of the hottest honeys you’re likely to see on TV. Even in Brazil recently I watched the Brazilian equivalent …
If you have ordered a copy of the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 2 video game be sure to visit the EA Harry Potter site (http://harrypotter.ea.com/ar) once it arrives for an interactive AR …
Every now and then I have a hunt to see what new augmented reality applications are around. From time to time I come across some strange ones, for instance the augmented reality pizza slicer application …
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 …
It’s been awhile since my last blog. Finishing the Augmented Reality Browsers for Smartphones book took a lot out of me. For a while it was difficult to even look at a computer screen let …
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 …
Zugara are the leaders in augmented reality ecommerece, we take the time to catch-up with them and quiz them about their Webcam Social Shopper application and the future of AR shopping on the internet.
Some years back I went to the first ARE event in San Mateo I had the pleasure of meeting with the guys from Zugara and seeing a live demo of their Webcam Social Shopper application. …
Here’s an interesting augmented reality piece. It’s called “Between Page And Screen” an augmented reality book of poems, which works like a digital pop-up book that users activate through a webcam, enabling you to hold the words right in your hands.
