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First Augmented Reality App on iPhone: Yelp!

In Services, Technologies on 27 August 2009 with View Comments

I’ve been avoiding iPhone deliberately.  It’s just too easy.  However, with all of the talk of augmented reality lately, I had to post this: EASTER EGG: Yelp Is the iPhone’s First Augmented Reality App.

Nearest Tube – Augmented Reality for iPhone

In Services, Technologies on 8 July 2009 with View Comments

It was only a matter of time before augmented reality apps started showing up on the iTunes app store. Nearest Tube from acrossair displays information on London Tube station locations over a live view from the camera. Check out the video:

Realtime Data Overlay

In Services, Technologies on 17 June 2009 tagged augmented, cloud, mobile, reality with View Comments

Augmented reality is old news in academic circles, but a new application called Layar may well the tipping point, bringing really useful information to the mobile-device-carrying masses. The app uses a mobile device’s built-in camera, magentometer, GPS, and data connection to determine where the user is at and what they are looking at. Then it [...]

Objectified Movie Screenings Announced

In Services on 3 February 2009 tagged fundamentals, technology, visionaries with View Comments

Tickets are available online: Objectified Screenings.

Objectified Premiere: SXSW Film Fest ’09

In Services on 19 January 2009 tagged fundamentals, visionaries with View Comments

The “Objectified” movie I wrote about earlier this month is officially scheduled to debut at the SXSW Film Fest in March with preview screenings in San Francisco, Chicago, New York, and London which will be announced later. The official announcement is here:  Objectified: A Documentary Film by Gary Hustwit.

BUSH BASH // JANUARY 19th, 2009

In Services on 11 January 2009 tagged fundamentals, visionaries with View Comments

Lindsay Ballant who brought us Behind the Candidates (which I wrote about earlier) now brings us a fun idea to celebrate the departure of W: BUSH BASH // JANUARY 19th, 2009. HOW IT WORKS Post your party photos on Flickr, and be sure to tag them as “bushbash09″ or “bushbashparty”. Any of these will do, [...]

Objectified

In Services on 7 January 2009 tagged fundamentals, visionaries with View Comments

Gary Hustwit, director of the documentary Helvetica is at it again. This time he looks at the oft hidden world of industrial design in a film called Objectified wherein he talks to the best industrial designers on the planet about what goes into creating a great product. The only information I could find on release [...]