1. Optiscan for Iphone - its so fast!
2. Barcode for Android (default barcode reader)
3. Scanlife for Blackberry (Actually feels like you are scanning, which is amazing for an Blackberry App.
This is my Vcard that I made a self inking stamp of…
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My favorite QR code readers
Saturday, February 20th, 2010Augmented Reality Baseball Cards
Monday, March 9th, 2009Was just a matter of time. This does look like a nice execution though…
http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/topps-launches-3d-live-baseball-cards-video-cards-on-deck/
GE Augmented Reality Advertising
Friday, February 6th, 2009
This is a few days old, but an amazingly nice implementation of Augmented Reality and it ties in so slickly with their TV campaign.
They are promoting the experience with rich media/video ads and even include their scarecrow character into the piece.
Take the time to print out the marker page and try it out.
It’s official: the future might be really wierd
Friday, February 6th, 2009
So they introduced this prototype of an wearable augmented reality system at TED.
It’s a MIT offering, so that explains the high innovation and the lack of polish.
But it does make ya think about the potential…
http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/06/mits-sixth-sense-augmented-reality-demonstrated-on-video/
Lego Augmented Reality
Monday, January 26th, 2009A German retail display that shows the completed model on top of the box. Talk about instant satisfaction…
This is created by http://www.metaio.com/ who I’m meeting with in early February.
For more info:
Emerging Technology Watch: Augmented Reality
Monday, January 19th, 2009Over the last few months a few interesting Augmented Reality examples have come on the scene. Each a little different, but each showing the potential of mapping information and virtual objects or characters on top of real time displays:
Mini’s Augmented Advertising
http://www.campur.net/blog/2008/12/21/mini-cooper-augmented-reality-ads.html
WikiTude and Enkin’s Apps for the Android Mobile Platform. (leveraging camera, GPS and compass functions)
http://www.mobilizy.com/wikitude.php
http://www.enkin.net/
Iphone Augmented Reality
http://gizmodo.com/5027674/iphone-augmented-reality-program-wont-fool-any-girls
Flash Augmented Reality
http://www.boffswana.com/news/
Augmented reality is partially just a “special effect” right now, but it it does have some really interesting potential especially as all of the components are getting more accurate and the programming more sophisticated.
Definately a topic worth following.