Toyota has teamed up with junaio and Hatsune Miku to bring the popular vocaloid sensation to life with Augmented Reality. Toyota’s already used Hatsune to advertise their 2011 Corolla, so this is just a continuation of their existing ad campaign.
Hatsune Miku may be a digital construct, but the great thing about Augmented Reality is that we can take digital and 3-D content and breathe life into it by placing it in the physical world. A virtual entity could assume all three dimensions and interact with the real world- and that’s exactly what we did for the beautiful Hatsune Miku in this most recent development for Toyota.
The latest issue of Popular Science magazine has a hidden AR marker that works with the metaio application to show you an interactive 3D display of the new Motorola Xoom tables and Google’s Honeycomb (android) 3.0 OS.
“The Popular Science audience always look forward to reading about what`s next, but this month’s cover gives them an opportunity to experience firsthand the new technologies that are changing the future of magazines,” said David Ginsberg, Integrated Account Manager at Popular Science. “metaio’s software has made it possible for us to keep our readers up to date on the top tech trends in a way that’s fun, dynamic and engaging.”
Check out a demo of the experience below, and read the full release after the break.
Fans of the Superbowl have a great new gadget to play with, courtesy of junaio and USA Today. You can download the junaio app and fire up the “Superbowl 360″ channel and get an interactive tour of the new Texas Stadium with commentary from Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones.
But that’s not all. On Monday, February 7th, you’ll can pick up a copy of USA Today discussing the game and use the junaio to see interactive 3D re-enactments of the photos included in the newspaper. These animations will be created “mere hours” after the game to ensure their accuracy.
Get the full release after the break, get the details at their site, and see their demonstration video below.
We’ve discussed junaio a lot here on VizWorld, and today they’re back with another augmented reality press release. It’s really no different that their other work, except this time it’s with a bigname company: Coca Cola of Germany. It’s actually done with Sausalitos, a restaurant and bar chain popular in the region, but by viewing the ad with the “Sausalitos” Channel in the junaio app, you see the AR ad and get a coupon for a free Coke.
Sausalitos together with Coke zero of Germany just launched their Augmented Reality campaign on junaio this week. Traditional advertising is losing traction and people often pay little attention to commercial messages found in newspapers and magazines. Now, the much talked about Augmented Reality (AR) technology as available within the smartphone AR browser junaio may change all that. junaio`s highly sophisticated image recognition and object tracking capabilities make it possible to recognize a print ad and call up additional digital content to delight the viewer and draw renewed attention to a sponsor`s message.
Time Out New York (TONY) is a Kid’s magazine targeting the New York Area, and the August Issue features an augmented reality trick linking it to a Webby Award winning video of the fifth grade chorus from Staten Island, care of Junaio. All it takes is an issue of the mag, and your handy smartphone.
Elizabeth Barr, editorial director of Time Out North America, has this to say: “Time Out is always looking for ways in which our readers can engage creatively with our product, so creating a cover that plays with augmented reality was a no-brainer. It reflects the spirit of fun that TONY Kids seeks to create on a monthly basis. The cover literally sings to our readers, allowing them to experience firsthand why our editorial team chose to feature the talented students of the P.S. 22 Chorus in the first place.
Full press release and a demo video after the break.
Another great augmented reality service from junaio merges your iPhone or Android phone with Vodaphone services and IMPIRE match statistics to provide a real-time augmented reality experience.
While you are watching, access real-time statistics such as goals, shots on goal, corner kicks, off-sides, penalties, time of possession, passes, fouls, etc., or simply review the team line-up directly overlaid onto the football field. All of the up-to-the-minute information is presented real-time, in fact the same data which is being fed to TV stations, publishing companies, internet services and soccer clubs. These features in the also featured “Football Channel” are an opportunity to kick-off this cooperation between junaio®, the fastest growing “augmented reality” platform for mobile devices and IMPIRE AG, Germany`s largest independent media service provider.
Next time you’re up in Portland, OR, just take out your iPhone and power up the junaio 2.0 app to view the transit routes and stops in augmented reality right there.
“Augmented reality intuitively lays out transit information for our riders” says Bibiana McHugh, IT Manager, GIS and Location Based Services for TriMet. “We are thrilled to have the augmented reality channel as another means of helping our riders get to their destinations.”
Currently available for iPhone, they plan to bring it to Android soon.
It’s a bit later than previously expected but junaio, the world’s first social augmented reality platform, is now available in the iTunes App Store for all iPhone platforms. From the press release:
With junaio, metaio is putting the power of its augmented reality technology – which has been used by industry giants such as Volkswagen, LEGO and Popular Science plus hundreds of other companies – in the hands of everyday consumers. The worldwide film company Focus Features has partnered with junaio to place memorable characters from its hit animated movies 9 and Coraline (the latter feature already available on DVD through Universal Studios Home Entertainment) on the platform to allow users to interact with the creations.
Unlike other applications that attempt to create new social networking communities, junaio is designed to tie existing platforms together with augmented reality based social interactions. Users can insert an (animated) 3D object into a photo taken with their iPhone and upload it to Facebook, or augment images that others have posted. The technology will soon be available on other smart phone platforms such as Android and Symbian.
Go get the app in the iTunes App Store. You can read the full press release and see some sample video after the break.
A new press release from metaio announced that they will be launching a new Augmented Reality application for the iPhone, named junaio, on November 2nd. From the release:
By combining innovative online and mobile technologies, junaio will allow users to see location-based content through the display of a mobile device. Users can leave traces, messages or objects and visually interact with their friends or anyone else in the world. Already existing web services can be enhanced and completely new ways of interaction can be created. Whether it is social networks, multimedia content or game concepts – virtually anything can be embedded in the real world and connected to a certain place. “The possibilities are endless, we are taking the Internet outside to the real world,” says Thomas Alt, Chief Executive Officer of metaio.
Given that this is for the iPhone, the November 2nd date is probably a “Best guess” given Apple’s typical 2-week turnaround. After the iPhone version is out, they expect to release an Android and Symbian versions as well. Read the full press release after the break.
Toyota has teamed up with junaio and Hatsune Miku to bring the popular vocaloid sensation to life with Augmented Reality. Toyota’s already used Hatsune to advertise their 2011 Corolla, so this is just a continuation of their existing ad campaign.
The latest issue of Popular Science magazine has a hidden AR marker that works with the metaio application to show you an interactive 3D display of the new Motorola Xoom tables and Google’s Honeycomb (android) 3.0 OS.
Fans of the Superbowl have a great new gadget to play with, courtesy of junaio and USA Today. You can download the junaio app and fire up the “Superbowl 360″ channel and get an interactive tour of the new Texas Stadium with commentary from Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones.
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Time Out New York (TONY) is a Kid’s magazine targeting the New York Area, and the August Issue features an augmented reality trick linking it to a Webby Award winning video of the fifth grade chorus from Staten Island, care of Junaio. All it takes is an issue of the mag, and your handy smartphone.
Another great augmented reality service from junaio merges your iPhone or Android phone with Vodaphone services and IMPIRE match statistics to provide a real-time augmented reality experience.
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