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Augmented Reality Company

Augmented Reality Company

ARC is dedicated to creating magical, meaningful experiences for clients around the world.  Few development or even dedicated AR firms have a comprehensive understanding of what’s truly possible with this new medium that will define the next net.   At Augmented Reality Co, we have a clear vision of both the short term utility and long term impact of AR and when, how and why to push the limits. We have developed a comprehensive roadmap for AR, and are uniquely qualified to help guide any client or company through hype, challenges and related technologies and business models to best prepare them for what’s coming…the emergence of the next net, right before our eyes. Our ability to develop engaging Augmented Reality applications that accomplish something more than just a temporary wow moment sets us apart. We focus on accomplishing business objectives first, -then- apply the proper tools and technology to achieve the desired result, then exhaustively track and tune results, driving ROI. Our ability to create both desktop and mobile solutions (for iPhone, iPad, Android) with the right tools and tech guarantees the best result in the shortest time and greatest impact to your business. http://www.augmentedrealitycompany.com/...

Joinpad

Joinpad

JoinPad develops new user experiences with the most innovative technologies launching future trends on the market. We accompany our clients toward leadership positions in their markets through a pioneering approach based on new technologies, social networking and active user participation. http://www.joinpad.net/...

AWEsome Keynote Speakers at AWE 2013

AWEsome Keynote Speakers at AWE 2013

AWE, the world’s largest gathering of professionals developing solutions for augmented humans in an augmented world, is just 2 months away – June 4-5, 2013. An amazing 110 speaker lineup from nearly 100 companies confirmed participation in the 2 1/2 day packed agenda, headlined by these AWEsome industry luminaries: Here is a video to whet your appetite for the headlining speakers: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbQMeG4IdYo] Register today and take advantage of the special early bird rate (and save $200!) before it expires on April 9th....

Koki Tsubouchi

Koki Tsubouchi

Koki Tsubouchi is the CEO of ChatPerf Inc. ChatPerf Inc. is a startup of scent technology, was founded in 2010 with a vision to build a scent 4D communication platform. Koki and his team invented the first scent smartphone gadget aimed at bringing to scent lifestyle more fun and easily. He makes a device name “Scentee” that you attach to your smartphone and connect a small cartridge of scent. When you send a message to someone with Scentee, the device emits a small dose of perfume. For example, on Valentine’s Day, you message
‘I Love you’ and then a whiff of sweet perfume hits the person’s nose. ChatPerf also has an open API that allows developers to set the emitting program by themselves. For example, a game developer can let players smell of gunpowder for effective reaction. Once Koki launched the prototype product in Japan’s most famous social funding in January 2013, he got 200% funded in only 6 days and start for mass production. He is featured by TIME as am entrepreneurs a next frontier for smartphone gadgets. Koki would like to show the latest audio jack model that is ready to release in July and demo how it works at AWE2013....

Lawrence Gasman

Lawrence Gasman

Lawrence Gasman is the founder of SmarTech Markets Publishing and is acknowledged worldwide as an expert on technology forecasting. He has previously founded two other industry analyst firms and has also carried out a wide range of technology assessments in areas ranging from optical networking to advanced materials to augmented reality. His consulting work has included both major multinationals and high-tech start-ups as clients and he has also carried out due diligence work for investment banks, venture capitalists and leading management consulting firms....

Early Bird Rate Expires in 1 Week

Early Bird Rate Expires in 1 Week

Momentum is rapidly building for Augmented World Expo™ (AWE), the world’s largest expo dedicated to the augmented world. Registration is trending toward 1000+ AR professionals and over 100 leading augmented reality innovators have confirmed participation in AWE 2013. The agenda for our conference is shaping up to make this edgy conference the most important event of 2013. Register now with our Early Bird Rate, which will be expiring in just one week (April 9th) and save $200! After April 9th the full conference pass price will increase to $595. If you’re interested to see what Augmented Reality is all about, you won’t want to miss this high-power meeting of the minds featuring 5 AWE-inspiring headliners, 35 hours of AWEsome sessions, shock-and-AWE activities, and an Expo that will leave you AWEstruck. Keynote speakers confirmed: Bruce Sterling (“The prophet of AR”) and Will Wright (legendary creator of The Sims and reality gaming) will return with mind blowing keynotes. We’ve also added Philip Rosedale (creator of Second Life), Toni Ahonen (former Nokia executive and author of 12 best selling books on mobile tech), and Steve Mann (inventor who’s been designing and using AR eyewear for over 30 years).  Start building your own customized schedule today by saving to your calendar your preferred sessions out of this amazing 110 speaker lineup. Top 3 Reasons to Attend AWE 2013 Network 1000+ AR professionals — find AWEsome products and partners Learn 35 hours of AWE-Inspiring sessions by top industry innovators Experience 100+ demos of “Augmented Humans in an Augmented World” Augmented World Expo will showcase the best in augmented experiences covering all aspects of life: health, education, emergency response, art, media and entertainment, retail, manufacturing, brand engagement, travel, automotive, urban design, and more. It will be the largest exposition to bring together technologies for Augmented Humans in an Augmented World, including emerging interrelated technologies such as augmented reality, gesture interaction, wearables computing, smart things & robotics, cloud & big data, and 3D printing. The AWE 2013 program includes: Pre-Event Tutorial (Mon. pm) – review and comparison of the best AR SDKs Keynotes – 5 mind blowing presentations by industry luminaries The Talks – 30 hours of sessions in 3 tracks: Business, Technology, and Design The Auggies –  Awards for the best of the best in augmented reality The ARt Gala – AR art displays by top artists and a food and drinks reception The Startup Launch Pad – Showcase for innovative startups and a competition The Conference Expo – Leading AR companies display their products in the expo AWE 2013 will be held at the Santa Clara Convention Center, on June 4-5, 2013. Don’t miss out on our special Early Bird Rate. Register now About AugmentedReality.org AugmentedReality.org is a global not-for-profit organization dedicated to advancing and promoting the true potential of augmented reality. As trusted partner of its members and supporters, AR.org facilitates and catalyzes the global and regional transformation of the AR industry. AR.org also owns and produces the largest international event for augmented reality and the global forum for AR innovation: Augmented World Expo (formerly Augmented Reality Event). All profits from the event are reinvested into AR.org’s industry services....

Susan Brazer

Susan Brazer

SUSAN BRAZER is the CEO of LionShare Media, which architects Augmented Reality and Immersive Mobile Media apps.  Susan is a global New Products and Business Development strategist in the Mobile, Media, Tech and Consumer Electronics industry. Recently, Susan was VP of Strategy and Business Development for Nokia’s smart phones and connected devices and VP Corporate Development and Product Strategy for Virgin Mobile USA, where she lead Sugar Mama mobile advertising and Stash, mobile payments services.  Prior to this, she was EVP, Business Development of Kirch Media’s venture fund for the FIFA World Cup and SVP for Viacom’s International TV service in Middle East and Africa, where managed MTV, VH1, Nickelodeon, The Movie Channel, TV Land, Bloomberg and Discovery channels. Susan led the migration from analogue to digital TV in Europe at SES ASTRA and launched the DirecTV and SpectrumSaver, the 1st digital TV distribution system at Compression Labs. At Apple, Susan launched products: the 1st portable computer, the Newton, and concepted the Knowledge Navigator. Susan started her career at PepsiCo in M&A, where she conducted the acquisition of Kentucky Fried Chicken and at Philip Morris in the international treasury. Susan holds a B.A. in Economics and Architecture from Brandeis University, an MBA from Kellogg and attended London School of Economics. She is a mentor at Princeton University for Entrepreneurship and Innovation and co-founder the Northeast Corridor Smart City Initiative....

Margaret Martin

Margaret Martin

Margaret Martin, Founder and CEO of Merlin, has over 20 years of experience in leading educational and media technology companies to commercial success. Her experience includes 13 years in the Los Angeles, Silicon Valley and Portland, Oregon technology markets. Margaret founded and led several of Atlanta’s first Interactive Media companies and her early work includes development for Turner Broadcasting properties’ TBS, Cartoon Network and TBS Advertising in New York. Margaret founded IQTV, an educational technology company featured at AT&T’s Distance Learning Lab and along with Georgia Tech professors, she founded her first Georgia Tech startup whose product inFusion, an integrated media distance learning tool, is still in use today. Margaret’s extensive breakthrough technology experience paired with her ability to drive revenue has enabled Merlin to grow over the past two years with a small grant and Fortune 100 customer derived revenue.  ...

Steve Mann

Steve Mann

Legendary Wearable computing pioneer, Steve Mann, received his PhD degree from MIT in 1997, and is currently a full professor at University of Toronto where he is also the Chief Scientist of the Rotman School of Management’s CD Lab. He is the inventor of the MannGlassTM HDR welding glass, the EyeTap Digital Eye Glass, and has been recognized as “the father of the wearable computer”, the “father of wearable AR”, and founder of wearable computing as a new discipline. He has been described as a modern-day Leonardo da Vinci, and is also a sculptor, artist, and inventor of the hydraulophone, a public water feature that is a fun and playful musical instrument installed as public art around the world. He has been featured by news organizations including AP News, New York Times, LA-Times, Time, Newsweek, Fortune, WiReD, NBC, ABC, CNN, David Letterman (#6 on Letterman’s Top Ten), CBC-TV, CBS, Scientific American, Scientific American Frontiers, Discovery Channel, Byte, Reuters, New Scientist, Rolling Stone, and BBC. Thousands of articles about him have appeared worldwide in many languages. His award winning documentary cyborglog ShootingBack, and the ideas from his visionary book “CYBORG: Digital Destiny and Human Possibility in the Age of the Wearable Computer” (Randomhouse Doubleday, 2001) inspired a 35mm feature length motion picture film about his life, said, by P.O.V., to be Canada’s most important film of the year. Together with his students James Fung and Chris Aimone, as well as artist, scientist and intellectual Ariel Garten, Mann founded InteraXon, a Canadian company that is currently commercializing the cyborg technology developed by Mann, Fung, and Aimone. InteraXon created a large-scale public art installation open to the public as the flagship project of the Ontario Pavillion during the entire time of the Olympics from February 12-28, 2010. Mann was the inventor of, and one of the 4 people that developed the EyeBorg camera, named one of the 50 best inventions of the year by TIME. He has written more than 200 research publications, books, and patent publications, and has been the keynote speaker at more than 25 scholarly and industry symposia and conferences and has also been an invited speaker at more than 50 university Distinguished Lecture Series and colloquia. His work has been shown in numerous galleries and musems around the world, including the Smithsonian Institute, National Museum of American History, The Science Museum (Wellcome Wing, opening with Her Majesty The Queen June 2000), Museum of Modern Art (MoMA in New York), Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam), Triennale di Milano, Austin Museum of Art, and San Francisco Art Institute. He also won first place in the Coram International Sustainable Design Award for his interactive water feature, and is the recipient of the Leonardo Award for Excellence....

ESRI

ESRI

Esri inspires and enables people to positively impact the future through a deeper, geographic understanding of the changing world around them. http://www.esri.com/arcgis...

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