Westminster Royal AR at Home
The Royal Family does not only stay inside of the Westminster Abbey and the yellow press, but now hits your smartphone, too. You can’t escape! If you didn’t make it to shake Williams hand yesterday evening you might want to fake it with a cartoony version of Catherine or William on your or a friends head to post your encounter to your social hub. Aptronic came up with a face-tracking app to augment the royals for your gossip pleasure! Enjoy the big wedding day!
In other news…
Staying in London (on June, 16th) the Future is… Augmented Reality Summit. “Whether you are a Brand, Advertiser or Agency, Technology provider or Developer looking to meet key industry figures, keep up with the latest developments, technology’s & tools or simply to network with other from the world of AR – The AR Summit is an excellent platform for you.” You might want to check this Europe-based summit out, …
… if you don’t make it to the Augmented Reality Event 2011 in Santa Clara, CA, on May 17th & 18th. To get you in the mood you want to check out the
“The Auggies Unplugged” – Best Augmented Reality Demo Competition from last year, that Ori put online.
SDK News
Qualcomm announces the version 1.0.0 commercial release of its Augmented Reality Platform. You might want to try out the official release here.
Architectural Projective AR
Projektil created an “augmented reality installation, a by 5 projectors recorded architectural model in scale 1:200. On the model can be shown various simulations (nightlife, sun and shadow, etc.), and also information (use zones, green areas, transport etc.) . Not only this installation is controlled interactivly by an ipad, but the whole space, which includes 44 dimmable dali lamps, 6 DMX lamps, 9 beamers, a touchscreen and the audio system.”
I say this is a pretty cool looking demo:
SHOWROOM RICHTI-AREAL from PROJEKTIL on Vimeo.
… enjoy the weekend (or sitting in front of the telly for the Royals). :-)