As you may have guessed this passing week was very slow in augmented reality news (or any news for that matter). Nevertheless, I scoured the web and bring you this weekly linkfest.
- Last week I reported on the winter crop of augmented reality games coming from Qualcomm AR Game Studio. The videos of three more games were recently uploaded, so be sure to check them up.
- Layar and int13’s ARDefender selected as apps of the year on SamsungApps.
- DOMO, Tonchidot’s newest project, aspires to enable transparent society, where you could see everyone’s thoughts and interests.
- Open question on Quora – What will be the most important developments in augmented reality in 2011? I tried giving my best answer, though you may disagree with me. (via @TishShute)
- On the same topic, Metaio give their own 2011 predictions. You can also find some AR predictions for the next decade on Joe Ludwig’s blog.
What a better way to start the new year than playing a round of augmented golf? That’s exactly what the students at Rochester Institute of Technology thought when they came up with this game that doesn’t require an entire fairway.
have a happy new yeAR!
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Games Alfresco 
The question is; has AR flattened as a search term because the number of people interested is falling, or because they already know what it is ?
I’m not sure I agree its a make or break year myself…as I think AR is too fundimentaly usefull to ever die. Its just a question of the speed of uptake.
A good year now and it will be clear sailing.
A bad year now and it could need a “reboot” of interest in about 5 years when more accurate gps comes online.
(btw, I replied here because signing up to the other site needs both a invite..which Tish supplied…AND to give them read/write access to my facebook account, which seemed a little much)
Anyway, my predictions this year;
a) ARwave finally actually gets something out to show people ;)
b) Google enters AR ver small steps; updates google maps, lattude marker overlays.
c) Someone demos realtime image-based location from a city skyline.