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An emerging trend – Augmented Reality (AR)

After checking out Cyber Figure Alice, I came across more products that use Augmented Reality. For instance, AR-powered baseball cards and GE’s Smart Grid. Let me know if you come across anymore.

For Flash enthusiasts, Saqoosha has released a library for enabling AR on the Flash platform dubbed the FLARToolkit. Ryan Stewart posted a FLARToolkit demo while attending Adobe Max in Japan earlier this year. Check it out : )

FLARToolKit Demo from Ryan Stewart on Vimeo.

Fiat’s Eco:Drive AIR Application at Adobe Max 2008/09

During the Adobe Max 2008/09 in Milan, team members from AKQA demonstrated a very interesting AIR application, the Fiat’s Eco:Drive.

The concept of Eco:Drive is explained here:

Serge Jespers and Andrew Shorten had an interview with the team after that. You can watch the interview here.