Ina Fried in Mobile on January 18 at 9:02 am PT
The Finnish phone maker shows off an app from its labs that combines map data, points of interest and the view from a device’s camera.
Lauren Goode in Commerce on December 20, 2011 at 7:50 am PT
Get out the hammer, the screws and the iPad.
Ina Fried in Mobile on June 23, 2011 at 3:41 pm PT
For many, the cameras on the iPad 2 seem a bit superfluous. That’s especially true for the rear camera, since at least the front one can be used for video chatting.
But a developer has found at least one fun use for that low-resolution camera on the back of Apple’s latest tablet — making the device appear to be invisible.
Ina Fried in Mobile on May 19, 2011 at 5:00 am PT
Although its chips power Android and Windows Phone devices–not the iPhone–Qualcomm has decided to bring its augmented reality software development tools over to the Apple smartphone.
The move won immediate praise from developers that have been using the code to write Android apps since the tools were released last year.
Ina Fried in Mobile on May 17, 2011 at 5:00 am PT
Although bulky virtual reality glasses are clearly dorky, Seattle-based Innovega believes some folks, particularly those with bad vision, would be willing to pay for special contact lenses and sunglasses that offer high-definition video and gaming in addition to fixing that nearsightedness. Innovega is among five companies competing at the two-day Augmented Reality Event today in Santa Clara, Calif.
Katherine Boehret in The Digital Solution on May 3, 2011 at 3:42 pm PT
Katie takes a look at a new technology called augmented reality, which takes a live view of real places and objects and adds computer-generated graphics or sounds that appear as if they’re right in the scene.
Ina Fried in Mobile on April 27, 2011 at 4:00 am PT
Though not quite the broad augmented reality vision it one day hopes to deliver, Viewdle is ready with its first Android app.
Social Camera offers facial recognition, aiding people in tagging their friends in photos taken on their cell phones.
Ina Fried in Mobile on April 11, 2011 at 8:00 am PT
Layar, one of the early augmented reality programs, gets a makeover designed to make the program more social and easier to use.
Connections to Facebook and Twitter are among the new features that come in the update to both the Android and iPhone versions of the program.
Ina Fried in Mobile on April 5, 2011 at 12:13 pm PT
MealSnap taps the iPhone’s camera and a cloud service to allow people to count calories just by taking a picture of what they are about to eat. Assuming they like the result, they can then share the photo and info with friends and family using Facebook, Twitter and Foursquare.
Ina Fried in Mobile on March 22, 2011 at 4:00 am PT
Laurent Gil is a big believer in the potential of augmented reality. His company, Viewdle, is all about bringing intelligence to the real world.
But it is time for the industry to stop talking about what it can be some day, he says, and instead just show what is possible today.
