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Aurasma augmented reality can help print media compete in the digital world

11/12/2011 Stephen Vagus

United Daily News, a media group in Taiwan, has partnered with Aurasma, an augmented reality development firm, to bring their news publications to life. Augmented reality has been targeted by the print industry as a way to breathe new life into print media. The technology allows consumers to interact with print in a way they were never able to do before the advent of smart phones. The United Daily News is using the technology for exactly that purpose, hoping to enthrall a new generation of consumers that have become inseparable…

Waitrose partners with Blippar to bring augmented reality to online shopping

11/10/201111/10/2011 Jennifer Goula

Waitrose, a grocery retailer, has partnered with Blippar, makers of a powerful augmented reality platform of the same name, to launch a new campaign that aims to make purchasing groceries online more intuitive. Blippar is becoming a popular tool for retailers and other businesses because it allows them to engage consumers in a more dynamic manner by transforming static advertisements and printed materials into immersive 3D, virtual reality experiences. Waitrose recently launched a new 90-second commercial. Viewers with the Blippar mobile app were able to unlock exclusive content embedded within the…

UK’s Kendal College adopts augmented reality to help grab the attention of prospective students

10/25/201110/25/2011 Jorge Gonzalez

Beginning a college education can be a daunting task even for the well prepared. One of the most challenging tasks facing impending collegiate is finding a school that is best for their educational needs. In an effort to win favor with students, colleges often create guidebooks that showcase the various features and offerings of a particular school. Such guidebooks have, in the past, been instrumental in procuring new students. As technology advances, however, the need to engage the next generation of tech-savvy students is becoming more pronounced. The United Kingdom’s…

InsideAR 2011 conference shows of head-mounted system and DIY AR platform

10/04/201110/04/2011 John Montgallo

Last week’s InsideAR 2011 conference held in Munich, Germany, and hosted by Metaio, a technology company specializing in augmented reality, brought to light some of the most innovative developments to come to augmented reality ever. Augmented reality technology has always been leaps and bounds ahead of conventional hardware, limiting the use of the technology a great deal. Now, however, hardware technology is advancing at a much more rapid pace than it had been two decades ago, enabling developers to push the boundaries of technology and find out what augmented reality…

Augmented reality technology heading for classrooms in Australia

09/28/201109/28/2011 Jorge Gonzalez

Augmented reality may soon be coming to classrooms in Australia. Researchers from the University of Canberra, lead by Danny Munnerley, have been working on the AR Studio project for several years in an attempt to bring augmented reality technology to the world of education. The project aims to give educators new tools to help teach a new generation of tech-savvy individuals whose lives will be more intertwined with technology than any other generation. Augmented reality is seeing most use in the gaming industry where the technology is being utilized to…