Android
Review: Barcamp Mainz
Martin, our CTO, has visited the Barcamp in Mainz/Germany. He has been interviewed by Fabian Röhlinger (fabienroehlinger) one of the participants at the Barcamp. The both of them have been talking about Mobilizy’s effort of building an eco-system and the general strategy of the company. Martin talks about the new augmented reality standard “ARML”, introduced by Mobilizy.
YeaYe (Beta): Developed with Wikitude API
Some days ago a new application (beta version), developed with the Wikitude API has been launched on the Android Market place. YeaYe is a spanish Tourist Guide which includes: weather forecast, a translation tool and also public transport information. The map view includes a location scout which can guide you to restaurants or museums nearby. And of cores there is a button with AR view. The Beta version of YeaYe was developed for Android by crashraider. We think: nice job!!!
Android, Smartphone & PMP Market Report
We are always checking reports and forecasts. This presentation has some very interesting forecasts about the usage of Android and other plattforms:
Interview Series: Enabling the Android Ecosystem- Part One
WIKITUDE has made a name for itself within the Android development community as an active enabler of the Android ecosystem. Our CTO Martin Lechner was recently interviewed by Mark Murphy for a series of blog-postings regarding the people and businesses that are helping to build and shape the overall Android ecosystem. We encourage you to read the interview with Martin at androidguys.com to get a concise perspective of where Mobilizy is heading with it’s WIKITUDE API.
IBM and Ogilvy develop IBM Seer for Wimbledon together with Mobilizy
For the last few weeks Ogilvy, IBM, and Mobilizy developed an AR system based on Wikitude. It was certainly an exciting project to work on for everybody. The result has been published a few days ago – watch this video:
New Android Developer Challenge
Google calls for entries in the Android Developer Challenge. Today the Austrian news site orf.futurezone announced, that Google will start a new Challenge with new guidelines. Users will have the chance to vote for the best applications and therefore help to find the winner. A handsome amount of money (250.000 US $) is waiting for the best Android developers.
