So, no point of guessing whether Google is to make a major AR move in 2010. It is going to do it in 2009: Google Goggles has just launched, and can be downloaded from the Andorid Marketplace. Google sponsors a mobile QR reader and want store owners to put QR codes on their windows. Indeed, [...]
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Amazon (SnapTell), Nokia (Point and Find) and many others better watch out, Google is making its play for mobile visual search, as revealed in CNBC’s “Inside the Mind of Google“. Harnessing technology bought when acquiring the startup Neven Vision back in 2006, Google is developing an android application that will identify locations and items captured [...]
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Since one augmented reality framework per week is not enough, here comes another one for Google’s Android. While other Android AR applications provide information about landmarks seen through your mobile’s camera, Gamaray’s AR Explorer shows virtual 3d objects not seen with the naked eye. Obviously, the technology is in its infancy, and it’s quite a [...]
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