The EPFL+ECAL Lab, at the Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, explores with its Gimme More project how to tell stories and create content with AR – in other words, how to give this technology the status of a real media. End users must perceive content, messages and emotions, not a technical demonstration. Gimme More show is the winner of International Design Festival Berlin Award and was pre... Read More »
As the Culture Chair of the event, Brian Wassom will help coordinate “Augmented Breakfast” round table discussions on each morning of the conference. Between 8:00-9:00 on Wednesday and Thursday mornings, gather with us in Ballroom G+H near registration for a chance to get one-on-one conversations or group discussions with thought leaders and opportunity providers in the Augmented World – all... Read More »
The chosen theme for AWE 2014 has been described as: Make the World More Interactive. Why, you ask? Because an interactive world makes everything we do more engaging, productive, and ultimately more fun. Ok, that sounds cool, but what does it really mean – an Interactive World? What’s new about it and why now? Fact 1: 2014 is clearly emerging as the year of the wearable. Fact 2: The Internet of T... Read More »
San Francisco’s premiere supernatural side show The Mystic Midway will be hosting a transmedia performance at the Augmented World Expo in the Santa Clara Convention Center’s upper mezzanine on May 28th in the afternoon. Entitled “Search for the Mysticon Codex” the performance is an interactive environment that explores the intentions and consequences around mixed reality technologies and the peopl... Read More »
Join the Make It Wearable challenge and change the future of wearable technology. CHALLENGES Let’s change the world together. Wearable technology is taking the world into new realms, making technology personal and seamless to use. MAKE IT WEARABLE is a global initiative to inspire ideas and fuel innovation that will evolve personal computing in exciting new ways. DREAM IT Visionary Track Dream big... Read More »
Augmented World Expo is proud to announce further details on the highly anticipated wearable Hackathon, which is a new addition to AWE, taking place May 26-27, 2014. The challenge is attracting hundreds of developers to compete for fun and prizes as they meet other developers and learn more about wearable devices. This free event – produced in partnership with Augmate and sponsored by Epson ... Read More »
Today, the five finalists for the coveted Auggie Award for Best Startup were announced. The award recognizes the most innovative and exciting startup in the fields of Augmented Reality, Wearable Tech, or Internet of Things. The Startup Launchpad Session will be moderated by AWE Partner Ubergizmo‘s founder Eliane Fiolet on May 29th at 1:30-2:30 pm. The finalists are: Jean-Michel Fournier (CEO... Read More »
Hosted by Living in Digital Times at Augmented World Expo 2014: FashionWare Runway Show Features the Latest in Design, Smart Fabrics, Technologies and Accessories Glasses, wristware, environmentally responsive clothing and new fabrics will be showcased as Living in Digital Times presents its well-known FashionWare runway show for the first time at Augmented World Expo 2014. The live show and cockt... Read More »
Purpose of Challenge City Visions is an open challenge for augmented reality developers to think critically about the future of augmented urban landscapes and, in doing so, design working proof of concept applications. We invite you to work as futurists and use the provided composite mural image as the tracking target, and the canvas upon which you will build your augmented experience. The huge mu... Read More »
The Inaugural AWE:NY is a Wrap AWE:NY took place on March 25th at NYU in Brooklyn; many thanks for those attending our first event in NY – your participation made it AWEsome! Special thanks to our exhibitors who made the event possible: Arqetype, Augmate, Metaio, Pear, Vuzix, and above all – for NYU and Mark Skwarek for hosting us! AWE:NY by the Numbers 233 Registrations 95% of survey respo... Read More »