Toshiba & Concepteers Augment Living Rooms

Meanwhile, in Germany.

Metaio and Junaio partner Concepteers GmbH has released yet another very cool project. This time, they worked with Toshiba Germany to place Toshiba products directly into the mobile user’s living room using augmented reality. Or office, or car, or basically anywhere you could use a phone!

The Toshiba Digital Living Room app works together with Toshiba’s Product Catalog to allow mobile users in the DACH region to visualize reduced-scale products like  L4, M6, L7, M8 and M9 Televisons or the Qosmio X870, Satellite P870 and Satellite U920t notebooks.

Michael Mathieu, Managing Director of Concepteers, says: “We went with Metaio as the AR provider since it is widespread and offers an advanced AR feature set that allows us to develop the best possible AR experience for our customers.”

Concepteers is a valued partner of Metaio, and continues to deliver amazing augmented reality projects with our technology. Check them out on Facebook or visit their website to learn more about the company and the projects they release.

The app is available today for both Google Play and iOS devices. You can visit Toshiba’s website to learn more about the augmented reality app at http://toshiba.de/ar or just scan this convenient QR code with your device (hopefully using Junaio!) to be directed automatically to the experience.

insideAR 2012: Save the Date

Greetings metaio ecosystem,

We are very happy to invite you to this year’s insideAR, and to announce the first details about what will be an exciting and illuminating event for the Augmented Reality industry. We would love to have you join us in beautiful Munich for the most professional business-minded event in Augmented Reality and mobile high-tech.
The metaio team

insideAR 2012 –

Register before July 31 and save 20%

In the last 12 months the outlook for Augmented Reality as a mass technology has changed dramatically.
In August of 2011 metaio CTO Peter Meier introduced the first-ever optical recognition and tracking of a real world object on a consumer mobile device, as well as a dedicated technological and professional roadmap to make accessing digital information in the real world a more natural experience.
metaio later integrated 3-D object tracking into the free version of the metaio Mobile Software Development Kit (SDK) and released it to the mobile developer community to enable and empower the next generation of mobile AR apps.
This year you will witness the next steps that will change the Augmented City from an idealized model into the real digital environment around you. metaio will show how a city, like Munich, can become truly augmented bringing digital information around you in an intuitive and natural interface. The real Augmented City will be created using more powerful but easier-to-use tools like junaio, or drag and drop AR creation tools such as the metaio Creator, which enables everyone to create Augmented Reality experiences with little or no technical knowledge.
Enter the future of the Augmented City at insideAR 2012 and learn how the digital world becomes natural experience.

Technology and Case Studies -

The Exhibition at insideAR

metaio will give an exclusive first look at upcoming products, as well as insight into the latest advancements in the popular metaio Mobile SDK. Since its inception, insideAR has had the reputation for unveiling and announcing new technology and advances that have always been the cutting edge of vision based interactions. insideAR has always been the event to attend to see state-of-the-art Augmented Reality technology applied in real-world environments and situations.
As the technology leading AR company, metaio will present the results of European research projects VENTURI, EFA 2014 and CRUMBS, which show future scenarios of integrated Augmented Reality use.
metaio and its certified partners deliver hundreds of AR applications every year. Each use-case provides a specific solution for a specific problem. The exhibition at insideAR 2012 will give attendees a hands-on learning experience for integrated AR applications. The companies behind these projects will assist you on the implementation of potential AR projects into your business.

Sponsors and Exhibitors –

insideAR your business platform

Take the opportunity to present your business and your recent innovations at insideAR, one of the most important Augmented Reality conferences worldwide. Meet the pioneers and leaders in the field of Augmented Reality. The high-level interaction and the direct contact with visiting professionals give you the opportunity to experience and discuss solutions in practical environments. From potential customers to experienced service providers and technology specialists, insideAR is the only event that brings together all aspects of the Augmented Reality industry.
Present your products and services to top decision-makers and opinion leaders increasing the visibility of your company within the international Augmented Reality community. Learn more about the options to present your business by contacting us atinsideAR [at] metaio [dot] com.

The Elite of Augmented Reality –

Presentations and Keynotes

As every year, the leaders and visionaries of the AR industry will be on stage to present current achievements in technology, business, implementation and integration of Augmented Reality.
Past years speakers and presenters have included luminaries from world-renowned hardware companies like Nokia, ST-Ericsson, NVIDIA, ARM, Sony, as well as representatives from industry-proven agencies like Porter Novelli and Resource Interactive.
We are still searching and evaluating lists of potential speakers and keynotes to ensure we have a quality, curated list for all of our attendees. If you’d like to nominate a speaker or submit a speaking proposal, please contact us atinsideAR [at] metaio [dot] com.

Weekest Links in Brief

Brief. Not “briefs”. 

Sascha was mid-moose impression when this photo was taken.

metaio + junaio 

Exclusive interview with Sascha Kiener from the junaio team at The Gadget Show [article]

Circa – The Evolution of Image (a Kickstarter Project built with the metaio Mobile SDK) [kickstarter page]

junaio has a new Certified Developer, Digital Delta Design [post]

Developer Mark Skwarek is at it again with arOCCUPY MAY DAY [post]

The metaio San Francisco team moved to a new office! [photos]

 

upcoming events

There is still plenty of time to register for The Augmented Reality Event, May 8-9 in Santa Clara, CA. It’s the largest AR conference in the states, with plenty of opportunities to see the newest AR hardware and software, and the chance to network with AR professionals and insiders. Sign up today, and enjoy a discount code on us! Just enter METAIO375 at the [registration page]

metaio’s insideAR is coming- if you want to see the latest and greatest in the field of Augmented Reality in the beautiful city of Munich with the backdrop of Oktoberfest, then there’s really no other choice for you is there? [event page]

 

Non-AR Pick of the Week

“Stupidity Captured at 2500 Frames Per Second”

 

Watermelon + Fireworks is always a great equation.