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wikitude is terminating wikitude studio (studio. wikitude. com) and replacing it by our newly developed studio editor. additionally, wikitude will terminate support for geo - worlds hosted in the wikitude app .
see more with wikitude! here' s wikitude' s latest demos and features on its augmented reality sdk .
the wikitude studio (studio. wikitude. com) will be discontinued from 2017 - 09 - 30 onwards .
- upgrade of included wikitude sdk from 5. 3 to 6. 1 - added support for new wikitude studio editor
augmented reality sdk, wikitude studio, cloud recognition and more! find the best pricing for your ar experiences in wikitude store .
wikitude instant tracking feature - technology demonstration by companies around the world. for more information on wikitude' s instant tracking feature check: urltoken
brands all over the world trust wikitude' s augmented reality technology. here are some examples of apps powered by wikitude. see more at urltoken
based on the native api, wikitude offers a plugin for unity3d so you can integrate wikitude’s computer vision engine into a game or application fully based on unity3d .
ar experiences hosted in wikitude studio will be upgraded for compatibility with studio editor .
bigger projects require bigger storage. that’s where wikitude’s cloud recognition comes in. wikitude’s cloud recognition service allows you to work with thousands of target images hosted in the cloud .
- upgrade of included wikitude sdk from 7. 1 to 7. 2. 1
ar experiences hosted in wikitude studio will be deleted after 2017 - 12 - 31 .
today there was some very interesting news; the strategic partnership of vuzix with wikitude .
wikitude’s cloud recognition service allows developers to work with thousands of target images hosted in the cloud. wikitude’s technology is a scalable solution with very quick response time and high recognition rate .
wikitude has a global reach, with customers in over 180 + countries around the world .
agencies and top brands from around the world trust wikitude’s industry - leading augmented reality solutions .
wikitude: geo - tag the world using your facebook or twitter account | techdozer. com
- upgrade of included wikitude sdk from 5. 0 to 5. 1. 4 - compatible with next generation wikitude studio - several fixes for 3d model rendering - stability and performance improvements
- updated to latest wikitude sdk 3. 0 - removed myworld - performance improvements & minor bugfixes
geo - worlds in the wikitude app will not be available after 2017 - 09 - 30 .
wikitude is the technology provider for over 20, 000 ar based apps. view a few in our
the image recognition technology from wikitude is powering switzerland’s largest department store chain, manor' s catalogues .
hochschule offenburg launches ar app for the unesco year of light using the wikitude sdk geo location feature .
coupies and wikitude put savings in your pocket with location based coupons. never miss a deal again !
- support for ios 11 - upgrade of included wikitude sdk from 6. 1 to 7. 1
- updates to latest wikitude sdk 5. 0 - find out more on urltoken - fixes menu crash
wikitude studio will export worlds only in sdk 4. 1 or higher version starting 2017 - 04 - 04 (if you use the wikitude app as publishing channel, this does not affect you) .
wikitude on twitter :
here’s where – and why – # markerless augmented reality works. urltoken
automatic migration of ar experiences from wikitude studio to studio editor will be provided for all customers later this year .
wikitude is committed to creating powerful tools that allow anyone to build ultimate ar experiences in just a few clicks .
andy gstoll of wikitude describes the opportunities and challenges of working with 3 - d content in augmented reality applications .
many ar vendors are integrating 3 - d authoring capabilities into their solutions. some 3 - d ar authoring solutions include wikitude’s wikitude studio, total immersion’s d’fusion studio, atheer’s air suite, apx labs’ skylight, and ngrain’s vergence .
mobilizy gmbh introduces enhancements to its award winning wikitude mobile ar platform, focusing on end users and opening up an application - programming interface (api) for developers. the enhanced wikitude mobile ar platform consists of three components: 1. wikitude world browser – the original mobile ar browser and travel guide. 2. urltoken – wiki - tag your world (user generated geo - tagging portal) 3. wikitude api – build your own augmented reality application .
wikitude had the honor of stepping on stage once more, but this time for a different reason: to receive an auggie award. wikitude’s slam sdk was recognized as the ‘best developer tool’ and the award was accepted with pride and will certainly be an incentive for wikitude to keep innovating, pushing boundaries and evolving in the powerful realm of ar .
lapp group worked closely with wikitude to develop an augmented reality app that utlized our image recognition and 3d modelling technology .
after 2017 - 09 - 30 ar experiences hosted in wikitude studio will not be editable (read - only) .
wikitude participated in all awe usa events so far and here is how the augmented world expo 2017 unraveled for us .
the wikitude sdk can load and render 3d models in the ar scene imported from your favourite tool like autodesk® maya® 3d or blender. use the unity3d plugin to integrate wikitude’s computer vision engine into a game or application fully based on unity3d .
using web technologies, the wikitude sdk provides the same method of app building found in any apache cordova - based framework .
the wikitude app empowers businesses, brands and agencies to publish augmented reality campaigns within a matter of minutes. in combination with wikitude studio editor, anyone can quickly and easily create augmented reality projects. the best part? no coding skills required !
‘mirage by city social’, the world’s first augmented reality cocktail, uses wikitude' s engine to bring drinks to life .
the geneva motor show with zalando and rinspeed wikitude partnered with international online fashion retailer zalando and concept car firm ...
while the applications of ar technologies are seemingly endless, wikitude focuses primarily on location based services and social networks through its flagship product, the wikitude world browser, with the primary goal of helping the user explore and enrich their surroundings. given the size and amount of content available on this spinning globe we call earth, how is wikitude compiling all of this data ?
it’s been a long ride since we first launched the wikitude app, the world’s first ar mobile app, and wikitude studio, the easiest ar content management tool in the market. with the launch of our sdk 6 wikitude started a new chapter in its history, focusing on the development of powerful tools for developers to create their own augmented reality apps in a single platform .
augmented reality series by the washington post to enhance its reporting and storytelling, the washington post is using wikitude’s augmented ...
one direction “1d official book” companion app powered by wikitude image recognition technology, with the one direction 1d companion app ...
museum art gallery exhibition wikitude and eovision collaborate to bring visitors the 21st century art exhibit experience. with a heavy ...
wikitude 8 is now your tool to experience our partners' augmented reality projects. the prominent search box in wikitude 8 is your way of finding what you are looking for. simply input a search term or type in the code you were provided with .
mobilizy gmbh introduces wikitude 3 for the android os and relaunches a completely new urltoken geo - tagging platform. wikitude 3 is the latest release of the wikitude world browser, the premiere mobile ar application for android, which displays location - based, geo - specific content in a real - time augmented reality camera view on a smart - phone using gps & gravimetric (compass) sensors .
with more than 100, 000 wikitude developers, all the information, resources and support you need is right here at your fingertips .
similar to titanium, the core of the wikitude sdk is based on a sophisticated javascript api for creating ar experiences using web technologies .
wikitude counts more than 100, 000 registered ar developers, all working to bring the future forward, today. join them on our
a quick scan of your surroundings with the urltoken world within wikitude provides you with a comprehensive listing of all the accommodations around you .
wikitude brings roman history to life at carnuntum working together with 7reasons and prof. wolfgang neubauer from the lbi archpro, ...
how the wikitude app works on a smartphone. apologies for bad backlighting effects! and of course the writing is back to front .
device. i recently sat down with ceo martin herdina to discuss what’s in store for not only wikitude, but ar in general .
when it comes down to dollars and cents, herdina points to two specific revenue models that wikitude employs: premium content and advertising .
hey guys can anyone help me here because i' m lost on the problem. . my wikitude works but whenever i open the app it says
wikitude failed to connect to the server, check your internet settings
wikitude is connected to bbm, scans area n works great just everytime i open the app it states that error and its annoying. . can u guys plz help? ?
tricktrack uses wikitude tech and is the first application that provides you with the right set of tools to increase the level of customer engagement .
- support / improvements for ios 8 - uses latest wikitude sdk 4. 0. 2 with various improvements including better image recognition and tracking
this playlist is dedicated to show all features of wikitude' s augmented reality sdk. free trial of the sdk is available at: urltoken
product news: wikitute studio – create, publish and manage your ar app wikitude sdk 3. 0 – just released and available for download
wikitude on twitter :
here’s where – and why – # markerless augmented reality works. # ar # app # slam | urltoken
is leading the charge on today’s augmented reality front. wikitude has seen a number of accolades over its short three year history, including today’s
the world’s easiest augmented reality tool. publish your ar project to the wikitude app or your very own app. with wikitude studio, no programming skills are needed. simply hop on to your web browser, login and create your first ar project in minutes! additionally, wikitude studio enables the generation of image and object targets. new: sdk 8 introduces an improved recording process for objects & scenes using images instead of videos .
together with bbc active, dorling kindersley and wikitude the future technologies group within pearson created a prototype for a augmented reality phrase book called langar .
- improves homescreen, geobased augmented reality experiences, developer and demosection - uses latest wikitude sdk 4. 0 with various improvements including better image recognition
existing tools offering ‘publish in wikitude’ feature will not be available after 2017 - 09 - 30 except for upcoming the new features in studio editor .
for the developer crowd, our cto philipp nagele prepared a speech about the company’s background, followed by an in - depth view of present and future wikitude developments as well as what the next version of the wikitude sdk will offer augmented reality developers. on top of that, he was also throwing chocolates around. if you are curious, watch what’s next with wikitude to see this great awe develop track talk in its entirety .
developed by bliss interactive for 20th century fox, the wikitude powered augmented reality app, scrat’s nut hunt allows users to experience the quest ...
trentino 2013 fiemme nordic ski championships interplay software s. r. l. proudly used wikitude augmented reality technology to power their android and ...
wikitude provides solutions for small businesses right on through to large enterprise organizations with minimal cost and effort. a fundamental benefit of the wikitude app is that it enables to easily publish augmented reality projects created in studio editor for a modest monthly fee. moreover, projects monitoring and reporting are supported thru google analytics .
by purchasing a commercial license all wikitude branding and watermarks are removed from the app. do you have any questions? please contact us at sales @ urltoken
this is not a commercial license, so this product includes wikitude branding and watermarks. do you have any questions? please contact us at sales @ urltoken
- adds support for ios 10 - upgrade of included wikitude sdk from 5. 1. 4 to 5. 3. 0 - stability and performance improvements
wikitude on twitter :
here’s where – and why – # markerless augmented reality works for businesses. # slam # iot # industrial | urltoken urltoken
wikitude’s augmented reality world browser is available for users of iphone, android, symbian, and now rim blackberry users, and is available free of charge .
powered by wikitude, anyline' s ocr sdk enables text recognition on gift cards, bank slips, energy meters and much more! learn more ...
i am using bis, but i never successfully open wikitude. it always shows failed to connect with the web server, and the map is not avalible .
austria based paysafecard is europe’s most popular prepaid solution for purchasing online. their popular ios and android app now include a handy location based services feature powered by wikitude !
“with wikitude drive, i don’t find myself looking for directions; the device itself guides me along the way, ” says nicola radacher, product manager at mobilizy .
“the alliance with wikitude means that more than 35, 000 registered worldwide developers can now easily create ar apps optimized for the entire current and future line of vuzix smart glasses, including the recently introduced m100. the alliance means that wikitude will also be reselling and bundling its software with vuzix m100 smart glasses to their growing customer base”
since launching in 2008, wikitude has received a number of awards and accolades. here you' ll find information and links to the awards we' ve won .
extended tracking allows developers to go beyond image and object targets. once the target is recognized, users can continue the ar experience by freely moving their devices without the need of keeping the marker in the camera view. this feature shares the same slam algorithm as wikitude’s instant tracking feature, providing robust performance for wikitude - based apps .
the wikitude sdk builds heavily on web technologies. this component has been optimized for the xamarin environment, enabling c # developers to embed an ar view into their project .
the wikitude app, together with studio editor, is a winning combination for brands and businesses wishing to easily publish augmented reality experiences to a broad audience. while studio editor allows you to create and manage your ar project, the wikitude app serves as a handy publishing platform, enabling anyone to publish ar experiences with no programming skills needed .
using the wikitude powered osmino wi - fi app, users can find free wi - fi hotspots anywhere in the world, including turn by turn directions to these locations .
wikitude navigation is the worlds first and only augmented reality based gps navigation system. with precise turn - by - turn directions overlaid onto a real world image ...
customers using wikitude studio hosting in combination with a sdk version lower than 4. 1, should contact our team for further information latest by 2017 - 03 - 30 .
once at the summit, visitors can then take advantage of a stunning 360º view of london, and use the wikitude - powered augmented reality element to further explore ...
tripadvisor features more than 75 million reviews and opinions, all submitted by travelers. and now, when you access the tripadvisor world via wikitude, finding the advice ...
object recognition enables real time and 360° augmented reality experiences around real world objects, that were pre - defined by you. with the latest developments, wikitude launched scene recognition, supporting recognition and tracking of larger objects, rooms, and scenes. the feature is based on wikitude’s simultaneous localization and mapping (slam) engine that is also used for instant tracking .
this playlist is intended to serve developers interesting in creating advanced ar experiences with the wikitude cross - platform augmented reality sdk. learn more at: urltoken documentation: urltoken download: urltoken
the wikitude sdk is also available for a number of leading augmented reality smart glasses. different smart glass hardware requires differently optimized software. we make sure you get the best ar sdk for
secondly, wikitude drive solves a key problem of all other navigation systems, namely the way they force drivers to take their eyes off the road in order to look at an abstract navigation map. since wikitude drive provides you with driving directions on top of a live video stream, you still see what is happening ahead of you when looking at your navigation system’s display .
“wikitude’s gps and camera functions made it easy to apply the android app. only with the augmented reality contents of the app did the great potential of the whole project become apparent. ”
and while wikitude is collecting and being fed data from a vast array of content providers, herdina notes that a large portion of wikitude’s available content offerings are provided by their user driven content groups. urltoken is an open subsection of urltoken where users can create their own points of interest to be made instantly available in the urltoken world, accessible from the app’s home screen .
these are the tools that will build the future. our suite of award - winning technology products has the powerful wikitude sdk at the core, and is complimented by additional tools and services .
augmented reality glasses powered by wikitude after starting out in 2008, the austrian company wikitude was named the 2010 galileo master with the world’s first augmented - reality navigation system for smartphones. since then, it has spawned a revolution in the industry and is now looking to do it again with wearable ar technology. “augmented reality on a smartphone or a tablet is already such a cool and fascinating topic, but running applications on these new wearable devices brings ar to a totally new level and gives us a glimpse of how we will use mobile technology in the future, ” comments wikitude ceo martin herdina. “at wikitude, we are super - excited to be at the centre of it and to see our ideas, thoughts, and visions come to life. ” more
globo rio, 2016 was the first great augmented reality project created in brazil. powered by wikitude, the app brought ar to the 2016 olympic games hosted in rio... . learn more
, that will continue to provide the same features you loved in wikitude studio. studio editor is now available for free trial. exact migration instructions and actions to be taken will follow via email to
have you heard the good news? wikitude received the auggie award for' best developer tool' 2017 at awe! thank you for the support all those years. more exciting things to come !
after creation, the augmented reality project is easy to find and access in the new wikitude app via a search code. employees, customers, and prospective leads can start visualizing all sort of augmentations around images and objects. if for example, you own a runners sports store, the code could be “running shoe”. once typed into wikitude’s power search, your ar project will come up immediately .
among these participants were developers of the offenburg university of applied sciences, who developed a wikitude based ar app to support the 2015 international year of light. using the wikitude sdk, the university has initiated a project called “invisible light” in order to support this important cause. the ar app revolves around geolocation - based contents stored in a globally accessible portal, where user - generated content indicates light relevant pois on an interactive map. the wikitude radar helps provide users with a better overview of their vicinity. navigation to, and additional information from each light - relevant poi is available to global audiences .
porsche' s new app aims one thing: creating emotions. powered by wikitude, the company redesigned the entire porsche leipzig
behind the production
experience for visitors... .. learn more
and it’s not just about searching for the next pit - stop, as herdina notes that the tourism association of trinidad and tobago are also wikitude contributors, helping tourists explore the island like never before .
should you use it (and no, the answer is not ‘everywhere, all the time, and because we’re awesome. ’). here are some interesting use cases for wikitude’s markerless augmented reality feature .
i was joined by + dan cui, vice president of business development at vuzix and + andy gstoll, the chief marketing office at wikitude to talk it all through and what it means for both companies .
that focus on user - generated content separates wikitude from one of its major rivals, layar, who is betting on outside developers creating geotagged
layers
of data for its browser. there' s an api for the wikitude browser as well, but mobilizy seems to be far more actively promoting the idea that the best source of location and situation - specific data will be the people who actually spend time there .
from the monetization side, rim and wikitude will operate under an industry standard revenue share, allowing users to purchase the aforementioned premium content packages, as well as offer up rim’s advertising network as a preferred partner .
with wikitude, you’re not just working on an ar app with the world’s leading cross - platform augmented reality sdk, but joining a dedicated community of augmented reality enthusiasts that are pushing the boundaries of what’s possible today .
at europe' s largest football tournament, augmented reality scored a goal! powered by wikitude' s sdk, the uefa magic pic app became the official photo booth for supporters attending the 2016 euro cup in france .
innovation the innovation in wikitude drive is clearly the use of augmented reality: driving instructions are drawn directly onto a smartphone’s live video stream and thus onto the road, replacing the conventional maps all other navigation systems use .
arml 2. 0 emerged from arml 1. 0, developed by the creators of the wikitude world browser, and was completely remodeled within the ogc arml 2. 0 standards working group to fit existing ar use cases .
so be creative in your ar applications – and do something surprising. developers all over the world are already using the wikitude technology to build ar apps that grab attention and customers – and it’s already making their lives easier. “wikitude’s new instant tracking technology is perfect when you need to quickly bind digital content to user’s environment, ” says stan kuhn of analyticadesign. com. “it works instantly and it’s very easy to integrate to any mobile device. ”
- overall performance improvements - for wikitude studio users: adds support for videodrawables - note: you might experience some issues with geo ar worlds. a bug fix for this is already submitted and should be available within the next days .
wikitude is one of the most high - profile augmented reality services on the market. it’s a market that’s getting crowded fast, and everyone wants to know if interoperability will be a priority or if we’re looking at the next browser war .
add digital content to packages, banners, brochures, magazines, books, labels, and all sorts of image targets and empower your audience to see more! the latest wikitude sdk enhancements allow you to augment not only images and small objects, but scenes such as rooms, buildings, landscapes, or industrial sites as well. from machines, tools, and toys, to decorations, retail products, and other large scale objects, the wikitude app empowers augmentations of 3d targets .
we see this as an important step toward establishing an open ecosystem for mobile augmented reality ,
said martin lechner, cto at wikitude .
more than a thousand developers throughout the world already use the arml 1. 0 which we first introduced to the industry not long ago. wikitude natively supports arml and we are looking forward to working with others to make arml an adopted ogc standard that enables ar applications to connect well with thousands of other ogc - compliant geospatial resources .
* new! 3d support in wikitude. you can now create ar experiences with 3d buildings, creatures & models. showcase world will be in featured section soon! * improved overall stability and performance, thanks to all of you for detailed feedback
license terms: the trial version of the wikitude sdk is provided for the sole purpose of enabling developers to try out the wikitude sdk; it does not entitle developers to distribute or otherwise make publicly available derivative works created under such license. trial versions contain a watermark indicating that distribution and making available is prohibited. the watermark will be shown in the cam view of the applications. in order to remove the watermark, as well as to gain publication rights, a commercial license is required .
* note: in order to update wikitude, please remove the current version and reinstall the app. - introducing new logo and style - improved cam - experience: clustering of overlapping places, new radar - now supporting 33 languages - various performance improvements
the wikitude sdk embeds in - house built image recognition and tracking technology. it works with up to 1000 images that can be recognized offline. developers can switch seamlessly between augmenting recognized images and geo - located points of interest within the live camera image .
this blog post aims to share important dates and details related to the upcoming changes in the wikitude product suite in accordance with our terms and services. this information comes ahead of time so our community can have enough time to plan for the upcoming changes .
last week, what looks like the first ar app to do so snuck into the iphone app store. yesterday a red hot app for road conditions in major us cities made an appearance. and now wikitude quietly let ar bloggers know today about its new release .
announced in conjunction with this week’s blackberry world conference, wikitude will now come pre - installed on all blackberry devices, beginning with the newly unveiled bold 9900 and 9930 models. herdina says, “research in motion is a strong believer in ar as a discovery method. blackberry devices now incorporate all the features we need to make wikitude function, and we’re very excited and honored to be included in rim’s official pre - installed offerings. as a native super - app within the blackberry os, we have the unique ability to hook into the operating system itself, taking full advantage of the handset’s power, and allowing us to utilize other core functions of the device. for example, blackberry users could be viewing an object via wikitude, and discuss the image with another blackberry user via the blackberry messenger service. ”
lenovo nbd is launching an augmented human cloud, powered by wikitude’s intelligent recognition engine and markerless slam technology, and their coo, oscar gu, says that “the goal of the ah cloud is to reduce the ar applications development term from two weeks to two hours”. impressive stuff !
wikitude sdk is the market’s most complete augmented reality platform, enhancing apps with object recognition and tracking, 3d markerless tracking technology (slam), smart (integration of arkit & arcore based on device support), image recognition and tracking, as well as geo - location ar features .
moreover, the ability to add geotagging data is very platform - agnostic and can be done from any internet - enabled device. each point of interest contains a title, description, category, language and url, and gets cross - posted to @ wikitude _ me' s twitter account .
description wikitude drive is the worlds first fully functional mobile augmented reality navigation system with global maps. it is a light - weight turn - by - turn navigation system that uses augmented reality (ar) to draw driving instructions directly onto the live video stream of your smartphone. wikitude drive distinguishes itself from other navigation systems in two ways: first, by superimposing directions onto a live video stream of the driver’s surroundings, he or she can easily recognise and follow the suggested route. instead of an abstract map, the driver looks at the real world and can simply follow a line .
target market wikitude drive will initially target early adopters, because using augmented reality for driving is still a new and unproven concept. in a later phase, wikitude drive will be marketed as a navigation system for all drivers, as well as for pedestrians. wikitude drive will be available in the a ndroid m arket early november 2010. customer benefit first of all, many people have problems reading maps, which provide an abstract image of reality and are therefore hard to understand. second, people who read maps have to “translate” them to reality. and finally, map reading is not only difficult – it also takes time. looking at a map of a navigation system requires the driver to take his or her eyes off the road. just by looking at the map for one second when driving at 100 km / h (62 mp / h), the driver is actually “blind” for 28 metres (92 ft). t hink about how much can happen over such a distance. since wikitude drive provides you with driving instructions on top of a live video stream, you still see what is happening ahead of you when looking at the display of your navigation system .
the wikitude sdk comes with many convenient features that simplifies working with geo - referenced data. the design and layout of your points of interest are fully customizable to suit your needs. depending on the use - case, location is used via gps (global positioning system), network or beacon .
the mobile augmented reality space has really been heating up lately (check out our recent feature on the top 6 ar apps). today one of the front - runners, austrian software company mobilizy, launched a new version of their mobile augmented reality browser wikitude for google' s android platform .
the next evolution in ar involves the recognition of 2 - d objects through the camera. “it predominantly is used to augment posters, books, magazines—anything that is flat and has a 2 - d surface, ” says andy gstoll, chief marketing officer of wikitude, which offers sdks for ar authoring .
born in salzburg, philipp studied telecommunications engineering at the university of applied science in salzburg and received his m. sc. in computer system engineering from university of halmstad, sweden. prior to joining wikitude, philipp worked at verisign inc. in boston, usa and t‑mobile austria as product and innovation manager .
have you used any of these augmented reality apps yet? do you think wikitude is on the right track with a focus on user - generated data, or will some other player with a hefty development budget (cough) come along and geotag the entire globe? let us know your thoughts in the comments .
in the context of the international year of light 2015, a unesco global initiative, the offenburg university of applied sciences has launched an augmented reality project called “invisible light”. using the award winning wikitude sdk, the app reveals hidden geo - location markers with interesting information about optics, photonics and the world of light theme
the instant tracking technology makes it possible for ar applications to overlay digital interactive augmentations on random surfaces, without the need of a marker. wikitude provides it’s own slam based instant tracking and, when the devices allow it, it triggers the smart feature. smart switches to google’s arcore or apple’s arkit instant tracking, depending on device support .
the wikitude sdk is available for the major operating systems. we make sure that it’s up to date, even before google, apple and windows push out upgrades of new versions of their systems. rest assured that your ar app and functionality will run flawlessly on brand new, as well as older devices ensuring maximum utilization of your app .
build amazing location - based, marker or markerless ar experiences with wikitude' s cross - platform sdk. enterprises, agencies and independent developers benefit from our tools to develop augmented reality apps for a wide range of operating systems and devices. moreover, you have the freedom to choose the coding language you prefer and to extent the sdk by 3rd party functionality .
arml (augmented reality markup language) 1. 0 is a descriptive, xml based data format for mobile augmented reality (ar) applications. arml focuses on mapping georeferenced points of interest (pois) and their metadata. defined in late 2009, arml was developed by the creators of the wikitude world browser to enable developers to create content for augmented reality browsers .
wikitude’s application appears to be more user - centric than its competitors. by enabling content creators to add points of interest by simply logging in with their google, twitter, yahoo or openid accounts, there will be a lower barrier to entry than there is for creating a wikipedia entry for a location with proper location markup that can be viewed through other ar browsers .
austrian augmented reality startup wikitude announced today that it has released the 3. 0 version of its software for android handsets, fully integrating its openid - enabled wiki markup of physical locations around the world with a more sophisticated mobile user experience and preparing for the launch of its iphone version. unfortunately, the company’s content - adding site, urltoken, appears to have crashed already .
wikitude drive works very well with the gps system available today and proves that this technology is viable. however, due to the inaccuracy of gps, driving directions are not fully superimposed onto the real street. we believe that augmented reality navigation will really take off once egnos is in place, mainly because of its improved accuracy, faster positioning signal, and more accurate altitude detection .
what makes wikitude unique is the way it represents the information to the user, and quite possibly could be to the future of gps interfaces. the interface on this app allows for figuring out directions and orientations when in a big city far easier than that of a traditional gps, which can oftentimes be slightly misleading. simply holding up your device like a camera and looking at the screen, wikitude can place the locations, events, etc. of your query in their respective places on the screen. if you' re unimpressed with what' s over there, simply spin a little to the side and keep looking! of course it will work in smaller towns, as it seems to get a lot of its information google places, but the more information to work with the better .
from the advertising side, wikitude has grown to a critical mass, whereby businesses pay for the traffic that the augmented reality app can send their way. “this could be a retailer such as starbucks, who want to ensure that every single one of their store locations are listed in our databases. when a user wants coffee near them, starbucks wants to make sure they’re represented, ” says herdina .
wikitude’s premium content holds a wide variety of potential, but herdina pointed out a branded content example: “travel guides are a strong factor in augmented reality usage. sure there are millions of markers across a landscape, but you purchase travel guides to see the best of the best. we’re now offering these publishers the same opportunity, but with all the additional content that can be provided via ar. ”
while wikitude may be getting cozy with research in motion, iphone and android users don’t have anything to worry about. herdina himself carries an iphone, and he’s quick to note the java based similarities between the blackberry os and android. he says that while the company still has a large number of symbian os based consumers, given recent events, the company will not be putting any significant resources into the project .
the common ar interchange format that enables this ar interoperability is based on the candidate ogc arml 2. 0 encoding standard that martin lechner of wikitude introduced into the ogc, with the goal to provide an interchange format for augmented reality. after it has been successfully tested in the interoperability experiment, arml 2. 0 will be reviewed by the ogc membership to become an adopted ogc standard within the next couple of months .
utilizing wikitude’s powerful in - house built recognition and tracking engine, you can provide consumers with rich media overlays like videos, widgets and 3d models, or augment simple images, buttons and texts. you can make your messages more interactive and catchy, add a sense of wow to your communication and create compelling end - user experiences. this will bring you one step closer to gaining new customer leads, loyalty and will help drive sales !
we can all agree that computer vision is a key part of the future of augmented reality, mobile or not. that’s why we’ve been working so hard on our instant tracking over the last year. released this january, wikitude’s slam markerless augmented reality tracking is one of the most versatile cross - platform 3d - tracking systems available for mobile. instant tracking creates the perfect digital recreation of real world things anytime, anywhere without the user having to scan any image .
similar to video, 3 - d content is very data intensive. cad models of any reasonably complex device or system can be very large, which makes processing and rendering on smartglasses or other mobile devices difficult. “you need to reduce the files and encode them into something we can work with, ” explains gstoll. as part of its authoring environment, wikitude has a proprietary encoder that optimizes large files to reduce their size for use on smartglasses and mobile devices .
anyone can contribute freely to the corpus of information that wikitude draws from (it also pulls in data from wikipedia and a european recommendation site called qype), and the urltoken site was designed for simplicity and ease of use to encourage broader participation. envisioned with a similar ethos to wikipedia, the data inside urltoken is also licensed under creative commons attribution - sharealike 3. 0 unported, giving other users the right to share and remix it with attribution and identical licensing .
“we’re also currently experimenting with premium points of interest. we have 3d modeling within our app, and we can overlay historic or significant models on top of real world locations. if we’re standing at vienna’s michaelerplatz, and i look down to see the roman ruins, with wikitude, we could overlay a 3d model of what the square might have looked like 3000 years ago. to a traveler, this type of content could be readily available for a sub $ 1 purchase. ”
the charter members of the arml 2. 0 swg are: feng chia university, university of alabama huntsville, caci, wikitude and salzburg university. these ogc members invite the participation of ar developers, location based services (lbs) developers, ar service providers and browser vendors, location based content developers and publishers, companies seeking to be represented in ar applications, and game developers. the arml 2. 0 charter, which includes technical details about the scope and intent of arml 2. 0, is available at urltoken .
martin lechner, cto, wikitude, explained that, “the interoperability experiment is a breakthrough for mobile ar. for the very first time, content published in one of the platforms becomes available on any participating mobile ar platform, allowing content creators to follow the
write once, run anywhere
approach. to us, the experiment is only a first step. we plan to cooperate in the future and allow more and more features of the ar browsers to become available in an interoperable way as we move down the interoperability path. ”
maybe it’s not as slick and refined as today’s visual effects, but back in 1989, it was certainly surprising – and attention - grabbing. that’s part of the way ar still works today – especially for the next couple years as wide - spread adoption still continues to grow. the most important thing to remember? if you truly surprise someone, they’ll be sure to tell everyone they know all about it. that’s one thing that won’t change, ever – and why we decided we needed a ufo to appear outside the wikitude office in salzburg .
in addition to the wikitude augmented reality function, other screens show an overview of all the markers, including detailed information on the individual points. by connecting to google maps, all markers within a close vicinity are displayed in a clear and optically attractive way. if the user chooses a certain marker, it will be highlighted in color when returning to the main screen. thus, it is also possible to select markers on the overview map and use the augmented reality function for navigation. there are currently 970 active markers available all over the world .
as with geospatial ar, building for 2 - d ar is largely a matter of developing the necessary content, normally as an app, by using an sdk from an ar software provider. for example, in addition to its geospatial system, layar’s sdk enables 2 - d image recognition ar. the craftar system includes a large image database, which could ease the complexity of teaching an app how to recognize certain objects. blippar, metaio (acquired by apple in 2013; the product is no longer available to the public), and wikitude are other vendors that offer 2 - d authoring sdks .
in addition to presentations by ogc representatives about location standards that maximize the value of mobile devices' location awareness, the ogc will host the world’s first augmented reality (ar) browser interoperability demonstration. layar, metaio and wikitude, the largest ar platform providers, have cooperated to make it easy for ar content to be shared across their technology platforms. this cooperation has resulted in the development of three unreleased but fully functioning browsers from the three companies. the demonstration of ar content being used interchangeably by these browsers will take place after lunch on tuesday feb 25 at the icc during the ogc mobile seminar .
what makes wikitude unique is the way it represents the information to the user, and quite possibly could be to the future of gps interfaces. the interface on this app allows for figuring out directions and orientations when in a big city far easier than that of a traditional gps, which can oftentimes be slightly misleading. simply holding up your device like a camera and looking at the screen, wikitude can place the locations, events, etc. of your query in their respective places on the screen. if you' re unimpressed with what' s over there, simply spin a little to the side and keep looking! of course it will work in smaller towns, as it seems to get a lot of its information google places, but the more information to work with the better. there are a few usability issues, especially within the user interface for browsing the options of a search (but recently they have been making drastic updates to this). also, the search function should be updated to allow for more refined queries and allow selection of the databases you wish to pull information from. this app has a lot of potential and is, in my opinion, a fantastic tool to have on a bustling city street .
thanks to all of you who provided valuable feedback - it helps to continuously improve wikitude! new in this version: ✔ optimized all graphics for the new ipad retina display ✔ all new panorama user interface to provide easy access to • favorite worlds - organize your worlds according to your preferences & lifestyle • featured worlds - updated regularly to highlight what’s new and interesting • categories of worlds - find the worlds you are looking for ✔ new engaging content worlds: • facebook locations, view your social graph in augmented reality. follow in a friend’s footsteps and experience the very same locations. • animated twitter world • great offers from trip advisor, yelp and urltoken
authoring for this type of gps - based ar application is now relatively commonplace. inglobe technologies, arlab, layar (now part of blippar), wikitude, and others offer solutions and software development kits (sdks) for authoring gps - based ar apps. using these tools, developers simply define a file that matches gps coordinates with some form of contextual information. that could be a link to a website, a home’s value, a tourist photograph, or a piece of textual data. when the device is near a certain gps location, the corresponding data for nearby points of interest will be loaded into the mobile device and can be displayed on the app .
“an enterprise might have a factory with lots of machinery and might need to train a new employee to perform maintenance on the machinery. the easiest way to transfer knowledge would be to give the employee a smartglasses headset that augments reality during the training or that eliminates the training process altogether, ” says gstoll of wikitude. “we’re working with a car manufacturer to build 3 - d use cases for the company’s service technicians. they would work through a procedure while wearing ar glasses that would show them how to test or diagnose the braking system, remove particular components, and carry out some necessary repair tasks, so they know what to do for a specific car model. ”
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this feature enables recognition of several images simultaneously. once the images are recognized, developers will be able to layer 3d models, buttons, videos, images and more on each target. additionally, augmentations will be able to interact with each other based on the targets’ positions. multiple image target recognition can be used to bring interactivity to many apps.
wikitude is a mobile augmented reality ( ar ) technology provider based in salzburg , austria . founded in 2008 , wikitude initially focused on providing location-based augmented reality experiences through the wikitude world browser app . in 2012 , the company restructured its proposition by launching the wikitude sdk , a development framework utilizing image recognition and tracking , and geolocation technologies . the wikitude sdk is the company 's core product . first launched in october 2008 , the sdk includes image recognition & tracking , 3d model rendering , video overlay , location based ar , and slam technology ( simultaneous localization and mapping ) which enables object recognition and tracking , as well as markerless instant tracking . the cross platform sdk is available for android and ios operating systems , and is optimized for several smart eyewear devices . the wikitude app was the first publicly available application that used a location-based approach to augmented reality . 
wikitude is a mobile augmented reality (ar) technology provider based in salzburg, austria. founded in 2008, wikitude initially focused on providing location-based augmented reality experiences through the wikitude world browser app. in 2012, the company restructured its proposition by launching the wikitude sdk, a development framework utilizing image recognition and tracking, and geolocation technologies. the wikitude sdk is the company's core product. first launched in october 2008, the sdk includes image recognition & tracking, 3d model rendering, video overlay, location based ar, and slam technology (simultaneous localization and mapping) which enables object recognition and tracking, as well as markerless instant tracking. the cross platform sdk is available for android and ios operating systems, and is optimized for several smart eyewear devices. the wikitude app was the first publicly available application that used a location-based approach to augmented reality.
wikitude is a mobile augmented reality (ar) technology provider based in salzburg, austria. founded in 2008, wikitude initially focused on providing location-based augmented reality experiences through the wikitude world browser app. in 2012, the company restructured its proposition by launching the wikitude sdk, a development framework utilizing image recognition and tracking, and geolocation technologies. the wikitude sdk is the company's core product. first launched in october 2008, the sdk includes image recognition & tracking, 3d model rendering, video overlay, location based ar, and slam technology (simultaneous localization and mapping) which enables object recognition and tracking, as well as markerless instant tracking. the cross platform sdk is available for android and ios operating systems, and is optimized for several smart eyewear devices. the wikitude app was the first publicly available application that used a location-based approach to augmented reality.