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Mobile commerce from Fandango sees 171 percent growth
The sales of mobile tickets soared last year when compared to the data from the year before. According to reports from Fandango, when comparing its figures from 2012 to those from 2011, it has seen an increase in its mobile commerce ticket sales by 171 percent. Moreover, it has now experienced 31 million app downloads, according to the company. This has made it clear that the movie ticketing industry is an important place for mobile commerce, and that … Read entire article »
Filed under: Entertainment Industry, Mobile Commerce, Trends, United States
Augmented reality game from Google is tremendously popular in Canada
Ingress is rapidly becoming a leader within its category, and it remains in its beta version. Although it remains in its beta phase, Ingress, an augmented reality from Google, is rapidly becoming one of the most popular games in its category, particularly among Canadian mobile device users. The game was created by the Niantic Labs at Google, and involves two factions pitted against one another. The concept behind the augmented reality game is that when the player starts, … Read entire article »
Filed under: Augmented Reality, Entertainment Industry, International, Mobile Commerce, Trends
Augmented reality used by Google Ingress game app
The Android application blends maps with AR technology to illustrate its fictional worldwide conspiracy. The Android game, Ingress, is being released with a unique augmented reality element that is meant to provide an exciting new element to the experience for its players. The app asks users to fight a “mysterious energy” that is showing up on a global scale. The app then uses augmented reality technology to allow the player to discover the location of the energy so that he or she can make the decision to embrace or fight it. The game was developed and designed by Google – in combination with Niantic Labs – and is meant to illustrate the leaps and bounds that are being made by technology. In this instance, augmented reality is being used to show off the tech … Read entire article »
Filed under: Augmented Reality, Entertainment Industry, Mobile Commerce
Augmented reality content now available in latest Taylor Swift album
The singer’s mobile app provides exclusive additional features to “Red”. The leading augmented reality platform, Aurasma, has joined with Big Machine Records for the release of the latest release by Taylor Swift, which will now reveal exclusive AR video content to tablet and smartphone users who view the “Red” album using the singer’s app. The only way that this bonus material can be seen is through the viewfinder when the app is running. The additional augmented reality content … Read entire article »
Filed under: Augmented Reality, Entertainment Industry, Fashion/Art, Featured News, Mobile Commerce, United States






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