First Augmented Reality App on iPhone: Yelp!
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
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
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
Tickets are available online: Objectified Screenings.
Objectified Premiere: SXSW Film Fest ’09
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
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
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...
