News Overview

AR

Hey again,

let me collect some overview of AR news for you!

News from India

In a month there will be the first Indian AR Summit, in Mumbai.
It will take place on February, 14th & 15th 2013.

Their page ad states regarding the target group: Whether you are a Brand, Advertiser/Agency, Technology provider or Developer etc… keen on meeting with the key industry figures, keeping up with the latest developments, technology’s & tools or simply looking forward to network with others all over the world of AR… The AR Summit is an excellent platform for you. The speaker list can be found here with some well-known AR face(s) like Adrian Cheok.:-)

ARE 2013

The Augmented World Expo™ (AWE) (formerly the well-known ARE) is accepting presentation proposals for their 2013 event. The deadline for proposal submissions is February 26, 2013. So time to check out their page if you plan to contribute! Sure worth a look!

Playing

Want to play more AR? Check out the mixing of Farmville with Foursquare and play eevoo.

Or try the Haunted House – a nice marketing campaign for an insurance was created by ARworks showing potential threats in a set-up house in Budapest, discovered by scanning “your” rooms with an ipad. Nice usage to interactively discover.

(C) Image courtesy of Prof. Henry Fuchs, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Reading

Or maybe it’s more about HMD, eyeglasses and mobile AR for you today. Then you should go ahead and read the interview “You want to have a personal display … you want to have it in your eyeglasses” with Prof. Henry Fuchs (see image).

Beer

… and don’t forget! Tonight AR regular’s table in Munich! So if you can’t get enough of that wonderful Duff AR – join us this evening! Be there and be square! :-)