Wednesday, November 11. 2009

AT&T Labs Shows of New Tech Ideas

AT&T Labs in San Francisco held an open house last Thursday to show off its Emerging Devices division, and some location-based services, social networking, and medical devices of the future. Most were, well, lame (coupons based on location!). The augmented reality platform isn't lame but feels a bit behind the times:

Another project currently being cooked up in AT&T's Labs, this is called Air Graffiti. AT&T's version of augmented reality, it allows users to virtually tag places with tips, web links, sales information, personal notes, and more. When people then look at digital maps they can see the information for places tagged as they walk down the street. The carrier is aiming to build the back end of this platform and sell it to companies that want to make their own location-based services.

Posted by Adena Schutzberg in Augmented Reality at 06:00 | Comment (1) | Trackbacks (0) |

Friday, November 6. 2009

Junaio: Mobile Social 3D Editable Augmented Reality App

Metaio Augmented Reality Solutions is behind the Junaio iPhone app which will launch soon. RWW has the preview of the app which allows users to add, edit and animate 3D objects within the phone's view of reality. Then, those photos, for example can be shared via social networks. The video examples are fun (putting a dinosaur near the Golden Gate Bridge, putting a pumpkin in the hands of a coffee shop visitor) but as the article suggests, the uses for games and other interactive events is quite high. I'm sure there are uses for advertising and perhaps more serious uses. The app also has "traditional" AR features including providing information about locations and finding restaurants.

junaio from junaio on Vimeo.

Posted by Adena Schutzberg in Social Networking, Augmented Reality at 09:02 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0) |