CEO Thomas Alt talks to AWE TV about the updates to Metaio’s Augmented Reality Platform [video]
News from the 2013 Augmented World Expo
Metaio & Vuzix to showcase AR-Ready Smart Glasses at the 2013 Augmented World Expo [press release]
Metaio announces 50,000 developers, updates to products and international developer contest [press release]
Trak Lord talks to AWE TV about the AR engine and the future of the industry [video]
Brendan Scully talks about enterprise augmented reality to AWE TV [video]
Check out photos of the Metaio booth in the Major Sponsors Pavilion at AWE [photos]
We threw a party!
For the first time ever, Metaio hosted an InsideAR event in the US, and with over 200 registrations it was a smashing success! Attendees witnessed the latest in augmented reality demos, and were treated to presentations by co-founders Thomas Alt and Peter Meier. And not forgetting that it was a beautiful summer evening in Santa Clara, everyone got a chance to enjoy the night with refreshments, colleagues and friends.
We collected some great photos from the event for everyone to enjoy- check them out on our Facebook page! [photos]
If you missed it, here are the slides from Thomas & Peter’s presentation [slides]
In lieu of a “pick of the week”, here’s a video of the Metaio team jumping in the pool after everyone left.
The pool was just sitting there- begging us to celebrate. Click the photo for the link to the video
Technology leader introduces only commercially available platform-independent AR software with SLAM and Continuous Visual Search
MUNICH & SAN FRANCISCO, 18 October, 2012- After observing a year of remarkable growth in the amount of Augmented Reality (AR) users, developers and business applications, Metaio announced at its annual InsideAR technology conference to over 500 attendees that it will introduce scalable and sustainable AR production methods in order to empower AR on every smartphone, including a unified, platform-independent solution and software development kit, a new and improved desktop publishing tool, and integration of camera technologies like continuous visual search and SLAM, effectively enabling AR on anything, anywhere. Metaio also unveiled the results of extensive R&D: Live outdoor augmented reality on downtown Munich, real-time object recognition and tracking flying at 10,000 feet; Recognizing and augmenting every image of a 100-page magazine with a mobile device; and instant, do-it-yourself augmented reality for entire environments.
SLAM camera tracking is basically real-time object and environment recognition that allows for instant digital overlays in nearly any situation. When Metaio decided to integrate SLAM into its SDK, they wanted to benchmark it to make sure it would be the best available. So they did, from 1000 feet in the air. Notice as the Drone flies over the small town that the Camera automatically and gradually learns its environment, recognizing more and more of the town and terrain. The image on the right is a skeleton display of the feature points, showing how the camera literally learns and understands what it’s seeing. This technology is available today for no-charge download in the brand new Metaio SDK
http://metaio.com/products/sdk
Metaio has fostered the idea of an Augmented City for the past two years – this year we delivered the first accessible Outdoor 3-D Augmented Reality demo. The new SLAM feature and Metaio’s award-winning Augmented Reality algorithms powered this AR overlay directly on Munich’s city hall. Day or night, now anyone can witness the famous “Glockenspiel” demonstration that normally only occurs at 11am.
Also, using complex geo-locational data for downtown Munich, Metaio added brand new line-of-sight Points of Interest (POIs). No more random floating billboards on the horizon that have no connection to reality – the new POIs combine GPS and real-world data to appear exactly where they’re supposed to be. This isn’t a research demo either- it’s an experience available to anyone with an Android or iOS mobile device using the free augmented reality browser app, junaio.
http://dev.metaio.com/junaio
When Metaio augments something, it stays augmented. GPS is good enough to get a user somewhere, but not good enough to “anchor” 3-D content to a physical location. Metaio is working on a “snapping” algorithm that uses GPS to get close and then “snaps” the 3-D reference to the physical location to allow for tightly-aligned, life-like augmented reality. Instead of streaming the GPS data, the models are locked in, and they’re not going anywhere once they are.
In 2009, it was difficult to augment a single page of a magazine in a browser on a PC with huge processing power. Today the Metaio SDK enables augmenting over 100 unique images, on a consumer mobile device, with no cloud necessary. And since it doesn’t rely on an internet connection, the augmented reality is instantaneous, robust and smoother than ever. Learn more about the new Metaio SDK at
http://metaio.com/products/sdk
Two days; 500 attendees; 20 speaking sessions; standing-room-only workshops; brand-new products; exciting demos. If you missed this year’s insideAR Augmented Reality conference, fret not- we’ve got all the updates, announcements and media coming directly to you. Stay tuned for the long form, but in the meantime check out this list of everything you need to catch up.
insideAR 2012 in Links
Metaio launches new Developer Hub, all-in-one resource for product documentation, support, updates, tutorials- everything [portal]
insideAR teaser trailer- the best of the best [video]
Thanks to our Media Partner Ubergizmo for the great write-up: insideAR Augmented Reality Conference, Oct 1-2, Munich [article]
insideAR 2012 speaker Christine Perey wrote a wonderful post about her experience at the event [post] And here’s her fascinating presentation, “Open and Interoperable AR” [video]
We promised the latest in wearable computing; our partner Vuzix was happy to oblige [press release]
Sneak peak: Metaio Presents the newly redesigned Creator 2.0, the only tool that lets you create AR experiences in less than 5 minutes without a single line of code [video] (courtesy of Javier Campos of eDiamSistemas) (update: video actually taken by Rainer Lonau of Augmented Minds, but Javier tweeted it!)
With one week left to go until we host our yearly conference InsideAR we already have a record number of registrations for the event. metaio will unveil the latest advances in the exciting field of Augmented Reality (AR).
Business and technology professionals come from all over the world to see the newest industrial installations, the latest mobile app developments, wearable computing prototypes and futuristic projects straight from the R&D labs of metaio and its partners.
We proudly present a brand-new release of metaio’s most powerful Augmented Reality tool. After integrating additional modules for calibration and alignment, metaio Engineer provides every function for adjusting AR analyses. This applies especially to set-actual comparisons in product development, based on tracking with a measuring arm.
Here are the most sophisticated new features of metaio Engineer 5.0:
Integrated high precision camera calibration
Instead of the Sextant Calibration with a chessboard pattern, now you can chose the Extended Sextant Calibration based on a 3D AICON panel.
Efficient high precision off-set calibration
The offset between a camera and an external tracking sensor – like a measuring arm – now can be determined based on a 3D AICON pattern.
Alignment without external help
For finding out where an external tracking sensor is located in relation to the real object that has to be analyzed, no more external measurement tool is necessary.
Joining the extensive list of visionary speakers and presenters at insideAR 2012 will be Maria Ekberg Brännström, Global Catalogue Manager for IKEA. Also presenting will be Olav Gjerlufsen from LEGO. Don’t miss the opportunity to hear industry exerts from various fields explain how Augmented Reality has worked for them! Come explore the impossible at insideAR 2012, October 1-2 in Munich Germany.
Curious to know whom the speakers and presenters will be at this year’s insideAR? Well your wait is over as we are announcing the following leaders and visionaries in the field of Augmented Reality who will be joining us to present various topics related to their expertise and interest in Augmented Reality.
Olav Gjerlufsen: Director Digital Producers at LEGO
What is included with an insideAR Conference Pass…
2 full days of access to the insideAR Augmented Reality Conference
Food and Drinks while the conference is in session
Free access to various workshops and sessions
Discounts and Special Offers
*Special pricing on tickets for students
*Free entrance for the press and metaio Partners.
15% Bring a Friend Discount – After purchasing a ticket, you will receive a special code which you can give to friends and colleagues which will give them 15% off of their ticket purchase.
We invite you join us at insideAR 2012, October 1-2 in Munich, Germany! With ARM, STEricsson, Intel and Imagination as sponsors, metaio unveils the latest advances in the exciting field of Augmented Reality (AR). Business and technology professionals come from all over the world to see the newest industrial installations, the latest mobile app developments, wearable computing prototypes and futuristic projects straight from the R&D labs of metaio and its partners. Find out all about it:
http://www.metaio.com/insidear/
Highlights of insideAR 2012 include:
Presentations by AR Industry Luminaries including LEGO, NVIDIA, Beijing Institute of Technology, Volkswagen and many more
The world’s biggest AR live exhibition with showcases such as AR for Digital Marketing, Retail, print & publishing, Industrial solutions and the Augmented City
Free Seminars & workshops hosted by metaio and its partners to share best-practice AR solutions and help developers getting started with the new metaio AR solutions
InsideAR 2012 brings together the AR industry and customers from all over the world to give you a 360° view on the state and future of Augmented Reality!
Other news:
Everyone’s talking about the new 2013 IKEA Catalogue:
Each year metaio unveils the latest advances in the exciting field of Augmented Reality (AR). Business and technology professionals come from all over the world to see the newest industrial installations, the latest mobile app developments, wearable computing prototypes, and futuristic projects straight from the R&D labs of metaio and its international network of partners. Come explore the impossible at insideAR 2012, October 1-2 in Munich Germany.
“The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.” - Arthur C. Clarke
Curious to know whom the speakers and presenters will be at this year’s insideAR? Well your wait is over as we are announcing the following leaders and visionaries in the field of Augmented Reality who will be joining us to present various topics related to their expertise and interest in Augmented Reality.
Olav Gjerlufsen: Director Digital Producers at LEGO
…and many more!
Interested in lending your voice? Contact us at insidear@metaio.com
See the latest technology in the AR Live Expo
Join us in the insideAR Exhibition hall for Augmented Reality experiences from metaio, our partners and certified developers. Learn more about the development tools and meet our Certified Developers in the Developer Lounge.
Try out the latest examples and applications using the metaio Mobile SDK and junaio. See best-practice use-cases from various industries, such as retail, print, digital marketing and automotive, implementing AR solutions. Last, but definitely not least, learn what the future holds for the vision of an Augmented City, both indoors and out!
Interested in showcasing your technology? Contact us at insidear@metaio.com
Take part in our Free Workshops and Learn from the Best
For the first time ever at insideAR, metaio will be hosting interactive workshops on specific technical and business use cases for Augmented Reality technology. Come learn best practices from the most professional and advanced AR team in the world.
For App Developers: Getting started creating your Mobile Augmented Reality apps based upon metaio AR technology solutions
For junaio Developers: junaio AR experiences integrating AREL (Augmented Reality Experience Language)
For Everyone: Everything you want to know about tracking real-world objects in AR and where does the future take us.
For Publishers: Simplified Augmented Reality for publishing using the metaio Creator
For Marketers: How to market and sell your products and services using the power of Augmented Reality
What is included with an insideAR Conference Pass…
2 full days of access to the insideAR Augmented Reality Conference
Food and Drinks while the conference is in session
Free access to various workshops and sessions
Discounts and Special Offers
*Special pricing on tickets for students
*Free entrance for the press and metaio Partners.
15% Bring a Friend Discount – After purchasing a ticket, you will receive a special code which you can give to friends and colleagues which will give them 15% off of their ticket purchase.
Interesting research paper featuring (unnamed) junaio [paper]
The iPhone App Review, “Taste the future with junaio Augmented Reality Browser” [article]
This week is your last chance to vote for metaio for this year’s South By Southwest Interactive Festival – WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT! [vote]
New speakers, workshops, demos and details all revealed in the latest insideAR briefing [newsletter]
there are things that are happening
Apple wins + $1 Billion in damages in Samsung lawsuit settlement- this will undoubtedly change everything, again [article]
Google Patents Smart, Minority Report-esque Glove Design [article]
Pick of the week – Happy 80th Birthday to our partner, LEGO
Ever wondered about where that name and iconic brick originate? LEGO has put together this great short about the beginnings of one of the most popular toys in the entire world, if not the universe. Go celebrate the occasion and stop by a LEGO store to try out the Augmented Reality Digital Box in every store in the world.
At metaio we constantly want to improve and be at the top of the Augmented Reality world. In order for us to present to you the best of our efforts and to improve the Augmented Reality experience we need your help.
metaio Creator is a next step tool in the Augmented Reality content production, and is specifically designed for non-developers, designers and people who have the desire to create amazing AR experiences without the need of a hard-coding knowledge. We would love to receive your feedback on our product and hear what you would like to try-out in future versions by completing the following survey. This will automatically make you a participant in our lottery that will provide 5 free entrances to one of the most important Augmented Reality Conferences – insideAR - this year at 1st & 2nd October.*
We appreciate your continued support and want to remark that your opinion is an important key point for us in order to be at our best.
Enjoy using metaio Creator!
-Your team at metaio
*metaio GmbH covers a free entrance to the insideAR conference without providing transportation or housing expenses.
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