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4 Times When Augmented Reality Played a Role in Wildlife Conservation
Digitally “resurrecting” certain animal species or keeping extinct ones in digital form for future generations has always been near and dear to our hearts at INDE. We firmly believe that immersive technologies such as Augmented Reality can raise awareness of critically endangered species by providing them with a layer of interactivity, which generates recollection.
5 Brilliant Augmented Reality Mobile Apps
Mobile continues to be a fascinating space for the deployment of AR. For many years expectation has sadly outweighed technical capability, but things are changing fast. Despite the inevitable gimmicks, the face apps, the inward-looking marketing campaigns, Augmented Reality provides real power in the right hands. Since 2011, we've done hundreds of AR projects worldwide – Here's our top 5 favourite Mobile AR developments.
Augmented Reality App Allows Children to Build Healthy Cities at the DoSeum
The Doseum: CityLab, a mobile AR application developed by INDE, is a game intended for children to discover the possibilities of creating healthy and balanced cities, as part of their interactive adventures at the DoSeum, San Antonio's Museum for Kids. The app uses Augmented Reality to create a unique 3D tabletop game that sparks kids' imagination and creativity in a fun and engaging way.
An AR App Dedicated to the Memory of Sudan, the Last Male Northern White Rhino
The world is still in mourning after the death of Sudan, the last male Northern White Rhino, on March 19, 2018. 45-year-old Sudan did an incredible work as a rhino conservation ambassador, highlighting the plight of rhino species around the world. His death leaves just two of his kind remaining on Earth – his daughter Najin and granddaughter Fatu.
5 Clever Mobile App Uses of Augmented Reality
Gameplay on the mobile phone has probably seen the biggest amount of growth out of all gaming platforms. From Snake on the Nokia in 1998 to Angry Birds flying across smartphone touchscreens in 2009, we’ve seen huge changes. Now, to keep mobile gaming fresh and to help field of the vast amount of inner - and outer - industry competition, the future seems to be gameplay that jumps out of the phone.
Pokemon GO, AR & The Future Of Mobile Gaming
When Pokémon GO was unveiled last summer, it looked like possibly the biggest game changer in mobile gaming history. Not only did it resurrect one of the most popular gaming franchises of all time, but it did so through an exciting and almost entirely new style of gameplay: the use of mobile cameras for augmented reality.
Why Pokemon GO is more than PR and not the new Twitter
No one, not Nintendo, not Niantic or anyone else saw this coming. That’s a lie, maybe Nintendo’s PR agency had some kind of inkling but in hindsight we’ll never know the truth. No, no one really expected augmented reality to enter the mainstream news arm race via a mediocre GPS based mobile app leveraged with an ageing IP.
5 essentials to consider when creating mobile Augmented Reality applications
In one hit Apple entered the market for augmented reality working on existing mobile devices and it’s got a lot of people talking about the potential prior to wearable revolution. Smart phones are everywhere, in everyone’s pocket, and capable of generating rich AR experiences given the right set up. What is not to like?