Augmented Reality (AR) company Total Immersion just received $5.5 million in funding.
Augmented reality overlays digital information on your view of the physical world through a camera or other viewer. The new funding will be used to further develop the …
FaceCake is one of 53 companies chosen by VentureBeat to launch at the DEMO Spring 2011 event taking place this week in Palm Desert, Calif. After our selection, the companies pay a fee to present. Our coverage of them remains …
Daqri, which lets any user create bar codes called QR codes that display images, movies and other pieces of content as soon as they are viewed through an iPhone camera, announced today it is launching a private beta test.
The …
Augmented reality (AR) company Metaio will show a demo at next week’s Mobile World Congress in which AR on your mobile phone shows you how to change a printer toner cartridge.
Augmented reality overlays digital information over your view of …
Tech journalism, and tech companies, for me have always been about ideas and their ability to change the world. What matters is not only the strength of the light you can shed on a subject but what you choose to …
Forrester Research just released a new report on mobile augmented reality (AR) that says few companies are delivering “real” augmented reality (AR) today.
Augmented reality overlays digital information over your view of the physical world in a mobile device’s camera …
Just when you thought you’ve seen everything mobile apps have to offer, along comes an entry like Word Lens that makes you feel like you’re in the future. The app instantly translates Spanish into English (and vice versa) whenever you …
Layar today announced it has landed another $14 million in its second round of fundraising from Intel Capital to help make it easier to discover new places, like shops and restaurants, through its augmented reality interface.
Augmented reality essentially uses …
Tonchidot, a mobile augmented reality (AR) platform provider, just landed $12 million in second round funding. Several Japanese companies and venture capitalists participated in the round, including mobile operator KDDI Corporation, media conglomerate Recruit Co. Ltd., and mobile advertising company …
In our pockets sits unprecedented processing power, in the form of smartphones that are morphing into superphones. And they’re on the verge of having next-level software that can provide us with deeper immersion and more interactive experiences. As networks improve, …
Augmented Reality (AR) experts Metaio and image-recognition company Kooaba have teamed up to deliver an AR experience for music fans. The new Android version of Metaio’s Junaio mobile AR browser lets users point a phone camera at any CD cover …
Germany-based Metaio, which specializes in augmented-reality technology, has announced a new cooperation with Portland’s transit agency TriMet. TriMet has adopted Metaio’s augmented-reality browser, Junaio, which San Francisco’s BART system already started using last March.
Augmented reality, or AR, works by …
Ogmento, a New York, N.Y.-based gaming company in the augmented reality scene (a technology that allows users to see virtual data superimposed on views of the real world) has raised $3.5 million dollars in a first round of institutional funding.…
Canesta, a startup that makes chips to enable electronic devices to “see” by locating objects in three dimensions, has announced a major partnership today with natural user interface company YDreams to develop augmented reality (AR) offerings.
AR applications are used …
Dutch augmented reality startup Layar has launched a store for special layers of information and graphics that you can superimpose on the world around you through your cell phone. Augmented reality is a nascent technology that can make the real …
Metaio has been working hard for 18 months on an augmented-reality (AR) “digital box” for Lego, the Danish toy manufacturer. After being tested in a few locations, the product is now hitting Lego retail stores worldwide, and with it, consumers …
From the way location-based services are used today, we’d forgive serious investors from dismissing them as games — think of Foursquare with its “mayors” and “badges.” But there’s a real business in cajoling consumers into sharing their whereabouts. And it’s …
Last night at April’s New York Tech Meetup, Brooklyn-based Whistlebox showed off DoCrew, an online cartoon project for kids with a real-world twist. The site connects with your webcam to allow kids to engage with cartoon characters in active ways, …
This will probably be one of the more compelling augmented reality gaming experiences around this year.
A French company Parrot is demoing a remotely-controlled helicopter in Las Vegas during CES this week that flies depending on how you tilt your …
Augmented reality startup AcrossAir, which makes apps that help you find nearby subway stops and restaurants, turned profitable last month and is launching a bar finder this week. Augmented reality is a new field that lets you overlay 3-D graphics …
