Junaio launches augmented reality platform for the iPhone and the Web
Junaio aims to enable people to “bring the Internet to the real world” by providing them with a tool to add interactive notes, smileys, web links, rankings, imagery, virtual objects and even Twitter accounts to images of the real world around them. In addition, users can publish their custom augmented reality representations, edit those made by others and easily share the results on the junaio website or Facebook.
http://eu.techcrunch.com/2009/11/11/metaio-junaio-augmented-reality-platform/
Augmented ID: Facial Recognition for Mobile (VIDEO) →
AugmentedID uses facial recognition and tracking technology from a company called Polar Rose. You first have to set up an Augmented ID account. Once that’s done, you can maintain different profiles for your public persona versus your private one, switching between them as desired. Each profile has associated with it your contact information, web links, and information about your social networking profiles. Another Augmented ID user could then aim their phone at you and Augmented ID would recognize who you were and show them the appropriate profile
Lonely Planet has launched an Augmented Reality Android app for interactive travel planning. The app overlays icons over landmarks and sites of interest, and allows the user to set up a travel/tour itinerary.
Google Goggles lets you search with your phone camera vs text or voice. I think this will bypass QR codes in terms of usability since the functionality is somewhat similar. It is currently only available for Android phones.
The Monocle from Yelp. Not exactly *breaking* news but this is a glimpse into the real-time potential of Augmented Reality combined with online data. It uses the compass feature of the iPhone 3Gs and is available now if you want to try it out.
A whole issue dedicated to Augmented Reality. Only about 8 pages of total AR but still nice to see Print capitalizing on it’s strengths. Especially when it’s innovative.
Burger King makes an Augmented Reality banner ad that uses a dollar bill marker so there is nothing you need to print out. You’re thinking, “Well, what if I don’t have a dollar? This only works if you have a dollar in your pocket.” which is true. But, there has been so much media coverage around this that it doesn’t matter.
redpepperland.com was up for an AIM award here in Nashville this year. Instead of turning in the standard board with printed screenshots we designed a custom Augmented Reality board that when held up to a webcam shows a video walkthrough of our site on it. Not sure many people understood what was going on but we felt pretty cool.
John Mayer’s new video is released in Augmented Reality and ONLY online. Lots of buzz around this and stuff. More than any other use of AR I can think of.
