openAR – Open Augmented Reality

Layar has an upcomming event for future partners/developers upcomming monday in Amsterdam.
http://layar.com/NEXT
I don’t realy know what they are going to bring that we don’t already know, but lets what and see.
The ANWB (the dutch AAA) deployed there intergration yesterday (Layar used them as launching partner?) .
Hopefully we will see some nice developements, the best of [...]

Posted on August 12th, 2009 under Browser, Camera based, Google Android, Platform. Comments: None

Developers get ready..
Here is a video of the use of the OpenAPI that wikitude has available for every developer out there.
I can’t wait to see what the results are!
Akira Sasaki, one of our WIKITUDE API Beta Testers from Japan, has created a wonderful tutorial for the WIKITUDE API in Japanese. This tutorial is [...]

Posted on August 12th, 2009 under Apple iPhone, Browser, Camera based, Google Android, Platform. Tags: api, developer, mobilizy, open, wikitude. Comments: None

This new video came to my attention yesterday.

Tokyo-based developers Tonchidot have created a way that allows phone users to write information about objects viewed through a phone’s camera.
The Sekai camera calculates your position using GPS and images, then displays information graphically on top of your real-world view.
The company has released a demonstration of [...]

Posted on August 12th, 2009 under Apple iPhone, Camera based, Platform. Tags: gps, iphone, paris, sekai, tokyo, tonchidot. Comments: None

According to this Tweet from @Wikitude there is a lott more news in the following weeks to come. I can’t wait! This week was already very good.

Posted on July 10th, 2009 under Platform, Uncategorized. Tags: press-release, tweet, twitter, wikitude. Comments: None

Wikitude (the makers of the first AR browser on a mobile in the world) have released a GEO-tagging website that helps developers to use there application.
Press-release
Mobilizy GmbH introduces enhancements to its award winning WIKITUDE Mobile AR Platform, focusing on end users and opening up an application-programming interface (API) for developers. The enhanced WIKITUDE [...]

Posted on July 10th, 2009 under Apple iPhone, Browser, Camera based, Google Android, Platform. Tags: api, ar war, developers, mobilizy, press-release, wikitude. Comments: 1

Layar has opened a API key request page.
According to there press-release they have a new strategy.
If you are interested in developing a Layer for there browser than got to http://layer.com/API and signup for a key request.
It is unclear to me what a developer can do with this key. There a no guidelines that I know [...]

Posted on July 10th, 2009 under Browser, Camera based, Google Android, Platform. Tags: api, ar war, developers, key, layar, sprxmobile. Comments: 1

The biggest telco of Japan KDDI has made an AR application that combines UGC and Anime in een real world display.
Check these video’s out.

Posted on June 27th, 2009 under Browser, Camera based, Channel, Platform, Uncategorized. Tags: kddi, sns, ugc, virtual. Comments: None

A tweet from the Wikitude team has come to my attention about the Wimbledon IBM Seer application. The application has been developed by Ogilvy and Mobilizy.
Have a look:

Posted on June 27th, 2009 under Browser, Camera based, Google Android, Platform. Tags: ibm, ogilvy, seer, tennis, wikitude, wimbledon. Comments: None

Yesterday at the terras we did some layar testing.
We where looking at a Android HTC magic phone with the Layar application installed in the Netherlands.
My first findings are that the application could use some tweaking to optimize performance. The sliders to shorten the radar view are unworkable IMO.
But to conclude the findings, I don’t realy [...]

Posted on June 27th, 2009 under Apple iPhone, Browser, Camera based, Channel, Google Android, Nokia Symbian, Platform, Windows Mobile. Tags: android, layar, netherlands, real world, sprxmobile, symbian, utrecht, wikitude, Windows Mobile. Comments: 3