Tag: augmented reality applications

Augmented reality brings the Civil War to life

Stephen Vagus
Antietam Battlefield Bloody Lane

MyTourGuide.com offers new app that lets people experience the Civil War like never before MyTourGuide.com, an online platform that allows users find and create interactive tours in their area, has announced the offering of the world’s first augmented reality tour of the Antietam Battlefield, where one of the most violent battles in the U.S. Civil War was fought. The tour can be accessed through a mobile application developed by TravelBrains, a publisher of audio tours concerning Civil War battlefields. The application is available for iOS mobile devices and will allow…

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Augmented reality development tools released by ARlab

Stephen Vagus
image recognition

Company releases new augmented reality development tools to assist the adoption of interactive technology ARlab, a developer of augmented reality software and tools, is looking to make it easier for software developers to incorporate augmented reality into their applications. The company has released new developer tools that are designed to remove the complexity from augmented reality, allowing developers to focus more on the concept of their applications rather than its structure. The new developer tools, called AR Browser and Image Matching, are designed to be used with Android and iOS…

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TripAdvisor app launched on the BlackBerry platform

Jorge Gonzalez
TripAdvisor application

Wikitude introduces TripAdvisor application to BlackBerry Wikitude, a developer of mobile augmented reality applications, has launched its new TripAdvisor app for the BlackBerry mobile platform. The application utilizes augmented reality technology to provide users with detailed information regarding their travels around the world. Augmented reality is beginning to gain attention for its uses in the tourism industry. The technology could help travelers find their way around unfamiliar cities and even locate restaurants and other such venues that they may be interested in. App leverages augmented reality to provide travels with…

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Augmented reality application focuses on young consumers

John Montgallo
mobile commerce demographics

Pulp Strategy launches new application to give companies an edge in ground marketing Pulp Strategy Communications, an experiential marketing and digital communications agency, has launched a new augmented reality application that is meant to combine the digital and print worlds. The application is meant to add a new dimension to print media, which has struggled to stay in the interests of consumers due to the availability of new gadgets that have made some forms of print media obsolete. The augmented reality application allows for static creatives and collaterals to be…

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LA Times launches augmented reality application

Jesse Collins
augmented reality video

Augmented reality application could engage consumers on a new level The Los Angeles Times has launched a new augmented reality application, joining other news publications in the country in the adoption of interactive technology. The augmented reality application, called iD Print, was launched on the opening day of the 2012 Olympic Games in London. The application makes use of software developed by In8 Mobile, a developer of mobile applications with a penchant for augmented reality. The LA Times is the latest in a growing list of news publications that have…

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