Category Archives: Steal This AR Idea!

Augmented Reality Car System

Posted on December 14, 2009 by Thomas K. Carpenter

Tweet Mobile computing devices are wonderful for bringing the world of information to our fingertips anywhere we go. Hurtling down the highway in one ton vehicles while trying to access our maps or find directions is not the safest way … Continue reading →

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10 Games That Could Be Made with Layar 3.0

Posted on December 4, 2009 by Thomas K. Carpenter

Tweet The new Layar 3.0release brings more functionality to the reality browser. To help people envision what the service can do, Layar touts five new use-cases: Five Layar 3.0 Use-Cases 1) Architecture Showcase – Visualize the final building at a … Continue reading →

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Augmented Reality Birthday Card

Posted on October 23, 2009 by Thomas K. Carpenter

Tweet The birthday card in the video is unremarkable by augmented reality standards. However, I think it does open up an interesting business opportunity for someone who can weasel their way into bed with a big name greeting card producer … Continue reading →

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Another Augmented Reality Business Card

Posted on October 13, 2009 by Thomas K. Carpenter

Tweet So it’s another augmented reality business card. This time from the company Genuine Interactive. The use of a 3D video landscape within the augment is cute, but there’s one major flaw with this application. It requires the use of … Continue reading →

Posted in augmented reality, Steal This AR Idea! | Tagged android, augmented reality, business card, future-technology, genuine interactive, iPhone, marketing | 5 Comments

6 “Nearest X” Augmented Reality Apps and 5 Ways to Improve

Posted on September 13, 2009 by Thomas K. Carpenter

Tweet Now that the OS 3.1 is upon us we’re seeing a few more augmented reality apps and some of them are in the category of the “Nearest X” variety. I’m not saying these apps are necessarily a bad thing, but … Continue reading →

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10 Things Your AR App Must Have to Succeed

Posted on August 23, 2009 by Thomas K. Carpenter

Tweet With the iPhone OS 3.1 launch set to debut next month, I wanted to explore the features that are going to help make some AR apps succeed over others. We’re going to be seeing a spike of releases since … Continue reading →

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Just Add AR For Awesome

Posted on August 11, 2009 by Thomas K. Carpenter

Tweet Spoiler note. The iPhone app I’m about to discuss has no augmented reality functionality. So why am I discussing it? Because if it did, it’d go from adequate to awesome. Every year nerds from around the country descend on … Continue reading →

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10 Franchises That Need Augmented Reality

Posted on August 10, 2009 by Thomas K. Carpenter

Tweet Augmented reality is gaining buzz, tickling imaginations and will eventually enter the mainstream zeitgeist. Eventually, many companies will wonder if they should take advantage of this new technology. Some should jump in with both feet and some should stay … Continue reading →

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STI – AR Book Tour

Posted on August 9, 2009 by Thomas K. Carpenter

Tweet Die hard fans of any franchise are willing to shill out big bucks to experience the movie or book in new and interesting ways. Most probably don’t realize that you can take a tour of the town where the … Continue reading →

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Steal This Idea – Easy AR

Posted on July 20, 2009 by Thomas K. Carpenter

Tweet Recently we’ve seen AR business cards from both James Alliban and Jonas Jager (via Rouli). My purpose is not to debate which AR business card service is better–they’re both proof of concepts at this point–but to point out there … Continue reading →