TODAYS TECHNOLOGIES


LAYAR
http://www.layar.com/

Layar is the world’s largest mobile augmented reality platform with more than 1M active users, thousands of developers and over 1,500 layers. Layar brings impactful augmented reality experiences into people’s everyday lives. The Layar platform is available on Android, iPhone and Bada devices, comes globally pre-installed on millions of phones and is promoted by leading handset manufacturers and carriers like Samsung, Verizon and Sprint.




FOURSQUARES
http://foursquare.com/

Foursquare is a location-based mobile platform that makes cities easier to use and more interesting to explore. By “checking in” via a smartphone app or SMS, users share their location with friends while collecting points and virtual badges. Foursquare guides real-world experiences by allowing users to bookmark information about venues that they want to visit and surfacing relevant suggestions about nearby venues. Merchants and brands leverage the foursquare platform by utilizing a wide set of tools to obtain, engage, and retain customers and audiences.



JUNAIO
http://www.junaio.com/

Junaio is the next generation mobile augmented reality browser designed for camera equipped devices. It provides users with interactive web based information and services wherever they are. Point your camera, click and view-the history of a monument, the nearest affordable hotel, the menu at the restaurant next door, what movies are showing, the last train home and much, much more. Inserting graphics and 3D objects to your location or posting recommendations makes junaio a social experience. New content is added every week. junaio, created by the team at metaio, worldwide leader in augmented reality, is also available for developers as a powerful application platform with countless exciting and unparalleled features.


METAIO
http://www.metaio.com/

Metaio develops software products for visual interactive solutions combining real and virtual elements. Based on the software platform Unifeye, 3D-animations can be integrated seamlessly into the real-user`s environment. AR is widely seen as a game changing technology for almost every field in information design and visualization. metaio is also involved in numerous federal, national and international research projects in this field. Our vision is to become a standard in performance and availability at the cutting edge of the real- and virtual world.



TOTAL IMMRESION
http://www.t-immersion.com/

Total Immersion is a software solutions provider with a proprietary technology that has been developed since 1999. This technology called Augmented Reality integrates 3D objects into live video, the video is digitally processed and “augmented” with the 3D components. In other words this digital processing mixes real and virtual worlds together, in real time. After a decade of research and development, Augmented Reality (AR) as a technology has finally reached maturity in the consumer market in expanding verticals and industries...



ARTOOLKIT
http://www.hitl.washington.edu/artoolkit/
 

ARToolKit is a software library for building Augmented Reality (AR) applications. These are applications that involve the overlay of virtual imagery on the real world. For example, in the image to the right a three-dimensional virtual character appears standing on a real card. It can be seen by the user in the head set display they are wearing. When the user moves the card, the virtual character moves with it and appears attached to the real object.





STRING
http://www.poweredbystring.com/

Super fast Augmented Reality on iPhone from String on Vimeo.

String Labs, an augmented reality technology company, has been quietly developing its own vision-based AR tech called String™, optimized for mobile devices. String™ is already being recognized as best-in-class and has been licensed by blue chip brands, videogame companies and advertising agencies to deliver the next generation of immersive experiences.