Over the last month, mtrip augmented reality city guides have been appearing in the iPhone appstore. So last week was a good a time as ever to take the London guide out on a road trip.
Firstly, the mtrip applications are packed with functionality, they are not simple augmented reality browsers but have a variety of [...]
September 1st, 2010 by augmentedplanet
Interesting video from David Elchoness, CEO/Co Founder of Tagwhat. In the video David talks about their augmented reality browser and:
Why augmented reality is important
Tagwhat as a location-based social experience
How he used Tagwhat to plan a tip
Future plans for the Tagwhat browser
Tagwhat is an interesting augmented reality browser able to hold it’s head up against the [...]
July 21st, 2010 by augmentedplanet
I managed to get to the gadget show in Birmingham a few weeks back. The star of the show was undoubtedly 3DTV. Before going to the show I was unconvinced, the thought of having to wear glasses to sit down and watch a movie didn’t appeal. 20 minutes in to the gadget show and I [...]
April 25th, 2010 by Lester Madden
Interesting YouTube series on the smartphone industry and the Symbian Foundation in particular
December 11th, 2009 by Lester Madden
Now the dust and the wow factor has settle from the Google Goggles announcement a few days back I thought it would be interesting to take a more in-depth look at what this means to the augmented reality industry.
There are demos a plenty of taking photos of book covers to retrieve reviews and online prices. [...]
December 9th, 2009 by augmentedplanet
When I was about 12 years old, I gave my mother a blank card and wrote “Happy Christmas, Happy Birthday, valid until 2010”. That was probably the last greetings card I sent. It’s true to say I am not known as someone who sends cards, except of course the wife on Valentines Day, you don’t [...]
December 8th, 2009 by augmentedplanet
Google have just announced their first augmented reality application for the Android device. Google Googles for the Android allows users to search by taking pictures of real world objects and having Google provide related information. However unlike existing augmented reality browsers that rely on a compass and location based services to provide search data, Goggles [...]
December 7th, 2009 by augmentedplanet
It’s funny sometimes how life works out. Only a few days ago a reader (Primaklima) posted a comment asking for more news on augmented reality applications for Symbian devices. My mission this morning was to have a dig around and see just what was available. I sat down with a coffee, turned on my pc, [...]
December 7th, 2009 by augmentedplanet
Layar 3.0 was released yesterday to the Android Marketplace. I don’t have a Google Android device so my blog is based on the information I have pieced together rather than a physical test. The good news however is Augmented Planet is expanding and we’ll soon be joined by a former colleague of mine, Nitin Samani [...]
December 4th, 2009 by augmentedplanet
Pesselite today announced their latest augmented reality application for the iPhone. If you are a Twitter fan and wonder where all the people you follow are tweeting from, then Presselite latest application titled Twitter 360 will show you their location on a map. The application also has 2 augmented realtiy modes, point the device down [...]
December 1st, 2009 by augmentedplanet
