10 Amazing Augmented Reality iPhone Apps While Lawnmower Man may have led us to believe the future was a virtual one, it seems that in fact augmented reality (the overlaying of digital data on the real world) is where we're headed. A buzz technology right now, augmented reality apps are quickly gaining momentum on the iPhone. So to add to the quick overview of six AR apps we brought you earlier, we sort the digital wheat from the pixellated chaff to bring you ten AR apps for the iPhone that vary from functional, to educational, to just plain fun. 1. Le Bar Guide Although the wisdom of getting drunk people to wave their iPhones around on today's mean streets is questionable, if you drink responsibly, as this Stella Artois-backed app urges you to, this could be a handy tool. 2. Another corporate-backed app, this time by Plantronics, is WorkSnug, an iPhone app that finds digital nomads a place to lay their weary laptop. 3. This star map app will spell out the stars, planets and constellations for you. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. iPew
Augmented World Expo - Home Augmented Reality Blog – Living in an Augmented Reality So, Google has finally released some pics and a video showing off their “Project Glass” head-worn display concept. I have many reactions to the ideas and concepts presented in it, some good and some bad. I think the glasses exhibit some nice industrial design, for example (although they’re still to geeky for broad adoption). And the idea of them being a stand-alone device is really cool (complete with Android phone functionality and a variety of sensors for understanding and interacting with the world); it’s something I’ve mocked up in my group, as have others around the world, and have been proposing to research sponsors for years (but, most of us don’t do hardware, so it’s not like we could have ever done this pretty a job!). So, like many people, I’ve been waiting for more information on the project! Alas, though, my main reaction to the video is “Oh no!” Why oh why, Google, did you feel the need to release a video that your project cannot live up to? Field of view. Like this: Related
Hands On With Boot2Gecko, the Mobile OS Built Entirely on Web Standards | Gadget Lab Mozilla came to the CTIA Wireless show in New Orleans with phones running its in-development Boot2Gecko operating system. Photo: Nathan Olivarez-Giles/Wired NEW ORLEANS — Mozilla is most famous for its desktop software, so seeing the non-profit, open-source-oriented company at a trade show for the wireless industry initially seems odd, even dissonant. But the developer behind the Firefox web browser and Thunderbird e-mail client is branching out into a smartphone operating system of all things, so its presence at the CTIA wireless show in New Orleans is all but de rigueur. “The mobile space is different than the desktop web,” Todd Simpson, Mozilla’s chief of innovation, told Wired at CTIA. With that in mind, Simpson and other Mozilla honchos attended their first CTIA convention, showing off phones running their operating system project, Boot2Gecko, or B2G. So far, Mozilla is only showing off the most basic apps. But, again, Boot2Gecko is in its early stages.
Most Mobile Time Spent In Apps: Google Has Top Reach, Facebook Has Highest Engagement Mobile analytics provider Flurry reported previously that people are spending huge amounts of time with mobile apps, more time than with the mobile browser and more time than on the PC. This may seem to some implausible, but comScore adds further credibility to the findings with its first “Mobile Metrix 2.0″ report. The data show that “4 in every 5 mobile media minutes” is spent with apps (vs. the mobile browser). Previously comScore had been reporting that apps and the mobile browser have roughly equal audiences. That’s still true but the company now confirms that people spend far more time with apps. Google has the greatest mobile reach of any company. Below are the top US smartphone properties, combining app and browser traffic. Earlier this month Flurry reported that time spent with social networking apps has tied games, which had been the leading category in terms of engagement. By comparison, Twitter saw roughly 2 hours of mobile engagement during March.
Great trends in mobile (INFOGRAPHIC) | OTAKKU Blog Posted on April 27th, 2012 by Otakku Perkembangan teknologi ponsel yang sangat pesat membuat ponsel saat ini tidak hanya sekedar untuk bertelpon dan sms saja, selain itu semakin terjangkaunya sebuah ponsel sehingga bisa dimiliki oleh banyak lapisan masyarakat membuatnya bertumbuh lebih pesat lagi. Berikut data (infographic) yang ditampilkan oleh CultureLabel.com tentang tren ponsel saat ini dan perkiraan masa depan. Cukup layak untuk disimak dan siapa tahu bisa jadi ide untuk bisnis. Seiring dengan pertumbuhan ponsel pintar itu sendiri juga mengakibatkan berkembangnya industri aplikasi untuk ponsel. Seperti kami katakan bahwa ponsel tidak hanya untuk telpon dan SMS, ini dapat dibuktikan bahwa kebanyakan (59%) justru menggunakan ponsel untuk browsing dan lainnya. Browsing dan pencarian adalah "kegiatan" utama bagi pemilik ponsel. Disini juga tidak mengherankan semakin banyak aplikasi atau disain website yang lebih user friendly untuk pengguna ponsel atau tablet. Kenapa begitu?
GuiM LED Lights Make Augmented Vision a Reality | Elemental LEDucation LED Lights Make Augmented Vision a Reality Okay, this is just freaky. We know LED lights are versatile enough to be used for practically anything, but LED contact lenses? Really?! Yes, as it turns out, really. Once miniature green LEDs are developed (and they’re in the works, as of now), full color displays will be possible. Lead researcher Babak Parvis comments “You won’t necessarily have to shift your focus to see the image generated by the contact lens,” it would just appear in front of you and your view of the real world will be completely unobstructed when the display is turned off. Ah, the real world. Thanks to Extreme Tech for the quote and Trendhunter for the images. By the way, these freaky LED contact lenses may still be a product of the future, but a lot of cool LED products are of the present!