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junaio Redefining Interactive TV
Mon, 24/01/11 – 10:00 | 2 Comments
junaio Redefining Interactive TV

The new junaio channel works in conjunction with a popular German TV show called ‘Galileo’. Viewers watching the show are able to interact with the program by using the junaio client and by pointing their smartphone at the TV screen.

Explore the Taj Mahal with augmented reality
Thu, 20/01/11 – 20:11 | 3 Comments
Explore the Taj Mahal with augmented reality

If you are new to augmented reality and looking to explore the possibilities on what the technology allows you to do, then take a look at this demo from Source Bits.
For newbies, just print the …

Tron Augmented Reality Demo
Wed, 19/01/11 – 11:21 | 4 Comments
Tron Augmented Reality Demo

Awesome Tron augmented reality demo. Battle with a light cycle on your PC

Toozla for bada Devices
Sat, 15/01/11 – 18:37 | One Comment
Toozla for bada Devices

Toozla, the augmented reality browser with a difference makes its appearance on the Samsung bada device in style.
Toozla has been around for some time on both the iPhone and Android. Toozla if you haven’t tried …

Readers Choice Awards 2010 Winners
Fri, 7/01/11 – 9:00 | 9 Comments
Readers Choice Awards 2010 Winners

Announcing the 2010 winners
Every year at Augmented Planet we ask you, the augmented reality community to vote for your favourite augmented reality applications of the year. For 2010 we focused the awards on augmented reality …

Second International AR Standards Meeting
Thu, 6/01/11 – 21:42 | 2 Comments
Second International AR Standards Meeting

If you are attending Mobile World Congress next month, and you have an interest in augmented reality, you should make plans to attend the augmented reality international standards meeting  taking place on 17th – 19th …

Germany’s First Augmented Reality Music Video
Tue, 4/01/11 – 22:30 | 3 Comments
Germany’s First Augmented Reality Music Video

Followers of the blog will have seen a few media agencies blend augmented reality with promoting bands. AUGMEDIA in Germany are the latest agency to dabble and have produced Germany’s first augmented reality music video …

Kafkara for Android
Tue, 4/01/11 – 21:03 | One Comment
Kafkara for Android

The best way to describe Kafkara is it’s like the Ironman or Transformers demo from Total Immersion but without the huge production values.

Mosimo Camera – What If Camera
Sun, 19/12/10 – 19:49 | One Comment
Mosimo Camera – What If Camera

Android owners have a super cool application call Mosimo Camera on the horizon. Mosimo Camera developed by Japanese start-up AITIA enables the user to add computer generated effects to the video/camera window.
Effects can be themed, …

Augmented Reality at the Science Museum
Sun, 19/12/10 – 19:21 | One Comment
Augmented Reality at the Science Museum

GR/DD has developed an innovative interactive augmented reality exhibit for the London Science Museum to enable visitors to understand the science behind climate change.  The exhibit located in the science gallery present the visitor with …

ARTags for Android
Sun, 19/12/10 – 18:51 | 3 Comments
ARTags for Android

Over the last year we have seen a few augmented reality and art mash-ups hit the iPhone. TagDis, ARStreets to name a few. So it’s good that the Android has now got its own flagship …

Fight against domestic violence with AR
Sun, 19/12/10 – 17:48 | No Comment
Fight against domestic violence with AR

It’s good to see augmented reality being used for social change as well as selling products.
The latest campaign to use the junaio browser is from the German agency brand.david who have launched a campaign to …

Machine Infers Persons Interest From His Eye Movement
Sun, 19/12/10 – 17:21 | One Comment
Machine Infers Persons Interest From His Eye Movement

For those of you that are eager to get your hands on augmented reality glasses and see what the future holds for facial recognition. Here is an interesting announcement from Aalto University with a rather …

Tissot AR Watches Mark II
Sun, 19/12/10 – 17:00 | One Comment
Tissot AR Watches Mark II

Early last year we were lucky enough to have Holition, a leading provider of online interactive marketing and retail solutions at an Augmented Planet event in London. At the event Holition showed off their augmented …

mTrip AR Travel Guides Now For Android
Sun, 19/12/10 – 16:37 | 2 Comments
mTrip AR Travel Guides Now For Android

Not only does mtrip enable you to navigate and find useful things in a city, the application downloads all the POIs to your phone and thereby eliminates all the roaming fees associated with travelling.

Word Lens – Augmented Reality Translation
Fri, 17/12/10 – 14:25 | One Comment
Word Lens – Augmented Reality Translation

When I first got interested in augmented reality some 18 months ago, one of the first demos I saw was a translation application running on a Symbian device.
The demo was a Youtube video of a …

The New Yell AR Browser
Wed, 15/12/10 – 23:19 | One Comment
The New Yell AR Browser

Yell is one of the most popular yellow page business directories in the UK. The iPhone application enables users to find everything from restaurants to pubs to florists and everything in between.
A year ago we …

AR Invaders
Wed, 15/12/10 – 22:03 | 2 Comments
AR Invaders

Those pesky aliens are at it again, invading our cities, forests, living rooms and just about anything else they can. The last line of Earth’s defence is you. God help us.
AR Invaders and Look Up …

Take a shot at winning $10,000. Create an AR video
Sun, 21/11/10 – 23:13 | 2 Comments
Take a shot at winning $10,000. Create an AR video

Firstly, before we get to the competition, let me say that this campaign which launches Ecko’s Cut & Sew line is one of the most polished augmented reality examples I have seen for a while. It’s …

Win a share of $200,000 with AR
Sun, 21/11/10 – 22:06 | One Comment
Win a share of $200,000 with AR

Qualcomm recently launched their AR SDK to enable developers to build powerful augmented reality applications for Android devices.
In addition to the announcement about the availability of the new SDK,   to get developers started they …

junaio and Augmented Reality Revolutionize Print Advertising
Sun, 21/11/10 – 21:43 | 3 Comments
junaio and Augmented Reality Revolutionize Print Advertising

Metaio and their junaio augmented reality browser are busy working with partners to change how we interact with print. The latest campaign to use their junaio glue platform is the product of a collaboration between Sausalitos and Coke zero in Germany.

Tupalo now with scanAR (Android)
Sun, 21/11/10 – 20:55 | One Comment
Tupalo now with scanAR (Android)

I love it when people send me an email about the latest augmented reality Android app they have developed. I feel that I am often biased towards the iPhone so getting some Android news is …