Dec

2010

Lonely Planet Drops Augmented Reality Guides to 99¢ – Available for Download In The Market

by Joe Sirianni
tagged Augmented Reality, city, city guides, lonely planet, maps, traveling

Lonely Planet, creators of the well known augmented reality city guide, today announced that they will slash their guide prices from $4.99 to 99¢ each. With the overwhelming majority of expected travelers this holiday season, these maps are sure to come in handy. Point your phone’s camera at virtually anything in the city and gain instant access [...]

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Dec

2010

App Review – Inception Mobile Architect

by Jesse Bauer
tagged Android, Android Applications, Augmented Reality, bluray, Google, google maps, inception, movie, reality

Now that I just picked up the Inception BluRay, and gave it another watch, it got me thinking that it’s amazing how many things I understood more clearly than when I watched it in the theater for the 1st time. I encourage you to watch again, it’s awesome. That said, it also made me think, [...]

Oct

2010

Navigon MobileNavigator USA hits the Market, brings augmented reality

by Steve Ginter
tagged Android Applications, Augmented Reality, gps app, mobilenavigator, navigon, navigon mobilenavigator, reality scanner, reality view pro

Navigon MobileNavigator USA has finally hit the Android market today and it’s about time. We first got a peek of the navigation app back in January when it was shown off at CES, so it took nearly 11 months before we got a chance to get our hands on it. Aside from the standard text-to-speech [...]

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Oct

2010

Qualcomm releasing Augmented Reality SDK beta

by Jesse Bauer
tagged Android, Android Development, Augmented Reality, Beta, development, qualcomm, sdk

So if you’ve read the latest Daniel Suarez novels involving the “Darknet” and believe that all we need to twist our visual world into another reality is to change the way we view things, literally, then Qualcomm has what you’re looking for. Qualcomm is releasing its hyped Augmented Reality SDK where developers can take a [...]

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Jul

2010

Samsung Wants to Help You Text While Driving – Safely

by Michael Murphy
tagged Augmented Reality, texting, Texting while driving

Samsung is releasing an app for their Galaxy S that uses the camera to display whatever is in front your phone as the backdrop for as text messaging app. Clearly, they want to enable you to text without walking into trees or smashing into the car that just slammed on its brakes in front of [...]

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Jul

2010

Augmented Reality Demo Shown By Qualcomm, Developer Contest Announced

by Chris Moor
tagged AR, Augmented Reality, qualcomm, robots

Qualcomm it seems is trying to enter the mobile gaming market swinging. The tech giant has put out a press release detailing and demonstrating the ins and outs of their new “Augmented Reality” technology, which can turn a napkin into an arena. Qualcomm is also trying to pioneer cross platform gaming, which they claim is necessary [...]

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Jun

2010

Qualcomm to Release SDK for Improved Augmented Reality

by Michael Murphy
tagged Augmented Reality, qualcomm

Qualcomm has announced plans to release the SDK for better augmented reality apps than have currently been seen on the market, beginning with Android devices. “Augmented reality represents a quantum leap in the mobile experience,” said Matt Grob, senior vice president of engineering and head of corporate research and development at Qualcomm. “By offering a [...]

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Jun

2009

Layar Augmented Reality Browser Video

by Chris Moor
tagged Augmented Reality

Engadget have been lucky enough to get some hands-on time with SPRXmobile’s augmented reality browser for Android, and they seem impressed. The software looks rock-solid and the initial data layers — ATMs, social joints like cafes and clubs, and job listings — appear fully populated and thus, useful. The ATM and cafe/club layers (or layars) [...]

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