Tuong Huy Nguyen is part of Gartner’s Consumer Technology and Markets Research group, focusing on smartphones, tablets, and wearable devices. Mr. Nguyen is a Lead Analyst in augmented reality covering competitive and market landscape for AR products and solutions, case studies, trends and deployment considerations....
PlayDisplay — a leading Russian developer and visual interactive solutions provider that enhances marketing effectiveness and drives businesses to new technological levels of communication with their consumers.The company speсializes in creating cutting-edge advertising AR campaigns offering the latest and unconventional examples of practical use of augmented reality, gesture recognition systems and user activity tracking system. Among PlayDisplay clients are major companies and worldwide top brands in a variety of industries: Bridgestone, The Coca-Cola Company, Snickers, Renault, Russian Federal Agency of Youth Affairs, the largest Russian airport сorporate ‘Airports of Regions’, and one of the largest and reliable gas supplier ‘Gazprom’. In 2013, PlayDisplay signed Technology partnership agreement with Samsung. Solutions given by PlayDisplay were greatly appreciated by Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Russian government’s representatives at International Youth forum ‘Seliger 2013’. www.playdisplay.com...
Noted tech evangelist to share his thoughts on the state of Augmented Reality, Wearable Tech, and The Internet of Things The organizers of Augmented World Expo 2014, are proud to announce that well known tech evangelist Robert Scoble will be delivering an opening keynote for the event. AWE 2014 will take place on May 27-29th at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. Augmented World Expo, now in its fifth year, is the world’s largest international event for augmented reality, wearable computing, gesture devices, digital eyewear, and the Internet of Things. This year’s show will boast over 200 exhibits from elite brands like Epson, Qualcomm and Intel to pioneering startups such as Daqri, Arqetype, Ngrain, and many more. Attendees will also experience a Wearable Fashion Show produced by Living in Digital Times, the Auggie Awards, a wearables Hackathon, the Glass Class: Designing Wearable Interfaces by Mark Billinghurst and 100 additional talks. Robert Scoble is a technical evangelist and author of “Age of Context”, known for his popular blog, Scobleizer, which first achieved prominence during his tenure at Microsoft. He currently works for Rackspace and is building a community for people fanatical about the Internet called Building43. He previously worked for Fast Company as a video blogger. “This is the year that Augmented Reality and Wearable Tech go mainstream, and it is fitting that such an influential and respected voice as Robert Scoble’s will help us kick off Augmented World Expo 2014,” said Ori Inbar, executive director of AWE 2014 and cofounder of Augmentedreality.org. “I personally am excited to hear his thoughts and I am certain that the thousands of AWE 2014 attendees will find his insights valuable.” “Anyone who has seen a recent photo of me knows that I’m not just a fan of augmented reality and wearable tech but someone who uses these technologies on a daily basis,” commented Scoble. “Augmented World Expo 2014 will be at the center of the conversation around these innovations. I’m honored to be involved and I can’t wait for May 28th.” For more information and to register to attend, please visit www.augmentedworldexpo.com. Please follow Augmented World Expo on twitter at @ARealityEvent and #AWE2014. About Augmentedreality.org and Augmented World Expo AugmentedReality.org is a 501 (c) non-profit organization with institutional supporters and individual members from across the world. It unites hundreds of companies, and thousands of entrepreneurs, engineers and designers – committed to advancing Augmented Reality – an emerging technology that digitizes interaction with the physical world. Members tap into valuable members-only resources: major discounts to industry events, networking opportunities with industry leaders, up-to-date educational programs and technical training, unparalleled market research, exposure in extensive promotional programs, and representation in the voice of the industry. AugmentedReality.ORG also owns and produces Augmented World Expo (AWE) – the world’s largest international event for augmented reality, wearable computing, gesture devices, and the Internet of Things. All profits from AWE are reinvested into AR.ORG’s industry services. Augmentedreality.org and Augmented World Expo are led by co-founders, Executive Director Ori Inbar and Chief Content Officer Tish Shute. For press inquiries contact: Ethan Rasiel, Lightspeed PR ethan@lightspeedpr.com 917-770-9435...
Dr. Christian Sandor is an Associate Professor at one of Japan’s most prestigious research universities: Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST). Since the year 2000, his foremost research interest is Augmented Reality (AR), as he believes that it will have a profound impact on the future of mankind. In 2005, he obtained a doctorate in Computer Science from the Munich University of Technology, Germany under the supervision of Prof. Gudrun Klinker and Prof. Steven Feiner. He decided to explore the research world in the spirit of Alexander von Humboldt and has lived outside of Germany ever since to work with leading research groups at institutions including: Columbia University (New York, USA), Canon’s Leading-Edge Technology Research Headquarters (Tokyo, Japan), Graz University of Technology (Austria), University of South Australia, University of Stuttgart (Germany), and Tohoku University (Japan). Before joining NAIST, he directed the Magic Vision Lab (http://www.magicvisionlab.com). Together with his students, he won awards at the premier AR conference, IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR): best demo (2011) and best poster honourable mention (2012, 2013). He presented several keynotes and acquired funding close to 1.5 million dollars; in 2012, Magic Vision Lab was the first, and still only, Australian lab to be awarded in Samsung’s Global Research Outreach Program....
Augmented Reality (AR) for the Enhancement of Life: We offer consulting, development and deployment services for innovative applications leveraging 3D, Virtual Reality or Augmented Reality software solutions. PEAR Enterprises Inc. is a Pennsylvania based Corporation that will provide creative and innovative technology solutions that benefit individuals, businesses, government, and society. Our goal is to harness future technologies that bridge the gap between real world and the virtual. PEAR Enterprises Inc. will also move its interests as technologies advance and keep current with the latest trends. http://www.pearenterprisesinc.com/...
Arqetype uses data from sensors and APIs and from the things you see and hearto make decisions and provide context to your physical surroundings. Our powerful rules engine works with any media or metadata, and identifies, tracks, and surfaces relevant user actions and location data, including hyperlocalization with supersonic audio. Our patent-pending image and audio recognition SDKs include facial recognition. Our DevOps team has performed data migration, scalability, monitoring, availability, and infrastructure optimization services for some of the biggest brands in mobile and web, including Grindr and AT&T Wireless. http://www.arqetype.com/...
About the Challenge The Auggie™ Award competition for the Best Interactive Game or Toy accepts nominations for games or toys that interact with the physical world, launched (or a new release) after June 8th, 2013 and before May 1st, 2014. Vote for Nominations Nominations will be displayed here for voting starting May 1st, 2014. [display-posts category=”best-ar-game” image_size=”thumbnail”] Deadline for voting: 23 May 2014 Back to Auggies Home Page...
About the Challenge The Auggie™ Award competition for the Best Digital Eyewear accepts nominations for Smart Glasses, launched (or a new release) after June 8th, 2013 and before May 1st, 2014. Vote for Nominations Nominations will be displayed here for voting starting May 1st, 2014. [display-posts category=”best-digital-eyewear” image_size=”thumbnail”] Deadline for voting: 23 May 2014 Back to Auggies Home Page...
As Startup Liaison for Rackspace, the Open Cloud Computing Company, Scoble travels the world looking for what’s happening on the bleeding edge of technology for Rackspace’s startup program. He’s interviewed thousands of executives and technology innovators and reports what he learns in books (“The Age of Context,” a book coauthored with Forbes author Shel Israel, has been released at http://amzn.to/AgeOfContext ), YouTube, and many social media sites where he’s followed by millions of people....