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 …

Wikitude, the leading browser for iPhone and Android devices has recently received an iPhone refresh. The new version, version 6.0 features a brand new slicker user interface that shows you exactly how many POIs will …

The IBM Seer application is ‘the’ essential application for tennis fans attending Wimbledon this year. If you haven’t heard of Seer, it tells you everything you need to know about what is happening at Wimbledon. And when we say everything we really mean everything.

Two excellent augmented reality applications for Londoners and visitors to the capital. Find out how London looked in the past and what books have a London setting

The latest demo to hit the web is for Soccer City which is one of the major showcase stadiums that will play host during the Cup. It’s a simple run of the mill demo, just print the marker and hold it up to your webcam and move around the stadium in 3D

The competition is simple, just do what you love doing and create Worlds for the Wikitude augmented reality mobile browser, and every World submitted will be entered will into the Wikitude World competition giving you the chance to win some fabulous mobile phones.

But we have been working hard to find you the best possible speakers from the augmented reality industry, so for those of you that have a ticket already, keep it safe as we have a fantastic agenda lined up for you. In fact, we have so many excellent speakers lined up for the event that the agenda is a nightmare to prepare

A new World for Wikitude has been released that helps users visualise earthquake data through augmented reality and a mobile device. The World shows users the last 7 days of earthquake activity and you’d be surprised just how much activity there is.

I ran an interesting workshop at Mobile World Congress for people interested in augmented reality. The topic, should I build a plug-in for another application or write my own application came up along with how do I make money? So what are the pros and cons of each and is there a 3rd better way?

The latest update of the Wikitude World Browser hits the iPhone store. We take a very early look to see whats new, whats hot, and whats not.

Say augmented reality to any iPhone owner and they’ll say Wikitude or Layar. A detailed scan through the appstore shows there are more browsers than any other category of mobile augmented reality application. We continue the ultimate guide to iPhone augmented reality and focus on the augmented reality browser. Are there any threats to the Wikitude crown? What’s hot and what’s not.

Building augmented reality applications presents developers with a unique challenge. How do you build a user interface that presents a large amount of data to users, data that needs to reflect distance and location, and may have multiple data in the same location. Visually laying out that data is challenging. We look at some of the unique approaches some developers are taking to solve this problem.

Wikitude 4 has hit the Android and has numerous improvements. Firstly Wikitude 4 supports miles as well as kilometers so no more wondering if 7.5km is to far to walk. I’m really happy about this change and I’m glad my nagging has paid off. Wikitude 4 also boasts many new features and a UI refresh which looks really cool.

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.

Part 2 of the head to head augmented reality browser challenge. We test several augmented reality applications on our tourist tour of London. Can you use a browser as your tour guide?

There was around 75 people who make the event andfFeedback from everyone I spoke to has been extremely positive, it’s something that you’d like us to do again. A few people offered to donate a venue for next time which will be fantastic, we’ll try to get a beer sponsor as well. We will look at planning another event for April so we hope to see you again.

We compare several of augmented reality browsers head to head in our test to find local food. Are they actually any use?

Layar announce they are coming to Symbian early next year and we eagerly await Metaio’s new Junaio browser for the iPhone.

The Wikitude World Browser augmented reality application finally arrives on the iPhone. Has is been worth the wait?

Mobilizy take the lead and submit Augmented Reality Markup Language (ARML) to the AR Consortium. What does this mean for users and how will it change the way we use augmented reality in the future?

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.