*McDonald's burgers, BMWs, man, Metaio will augment anything.
*It's a press release.
Metaio to Unveil First Hands-Free Car Manual on Google Glass, New 3-D Tracking Technology and Optimized Wearable Augmented Reality Platform at InsideAR 2013
Augmented Reality leader welcomes a wearable future with new technology & demo
Munich & San Francisco, 17 September 2013: Metaio, world leader in augmented reality (AR) software and solutions, today announces the development of the first-ever hands-free, marker-less augmented automotive manual using Google Glass.
Metaio will additionally update and optimize its core technology and leading augmented reality platform to accommodate the major wearable device providers like Epson, Google and Vuzix, all of which will be presented October 10-11 in Munich at Metaio’s annual technology conference, InsideAR: http://www.metaio.com/insideAR.
The hands-free interactive car manual prototype developed by Metaio will be the first time that augmented reality on wearable computing will be shown to be productive and commercially viable.
Metaio R&D developed this new prototype as a proof-of-concept of the capabilities of its AR platform on wearable devices. A new type of 3-D tracking and recognition technology engineered by Metaio utilizes CAD models to recognize and overlay 3-D content onto the real world counterpart. (((Check out Metaio's "new type of 3-D tracking." You've gotta be somewhat AR-geek to appreciate their shiny new high-tech feat here, but it's the awesome.)))
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Since no markers, GPS or point clouds are required, the stability of the augmented reality experience increases dramatically, while remaining almost immune to variable lighting, glare, position, and other environmental factors that tend to interfere with vision-based experiences. (((Works on shiny gloss-white BMWs even in the rain! Man, that's practically impossible.)))
See how the technology works in the video: [link] (((pesky video is annoyingly embargoed, maybe you'd better go attend Metaio's forthcoming event in Austria)))
Metaio will update its leading augmented reality platform to include the incredible new tracking technology presented in the demo, in addition to adding support for major wearable computing devices, including Epson Moverio, Google Glass and Vuzix M-100. And looking toward a wearable ecosystem, Metaio will upgrade 3-D and 2-D visualization to include programmable shaders and other camera optimizations that will allow for more robust tracking and an overall more realistic user experience.
InsideAR attendees will get the chance to try the demo on Google Glass, along with many other wearable demos that feature hands-free augmented reality. Developers and non- developers alike can learn how they can use the Metaio AR platform to build next- generation wearable apps, with the Metaio SDK, Creator and Cloud services. (((It's not exactly "Augmented Reality on Google Glass," but it's surprisingly close.)))
"Developers and professionals want to go beyond one-off, passive viewing experiences," says Metaio CTO Peter Meier. "We're embracing wearable computing as the next wave of productive augmented reality, and we’re updating Metaio’s core platform to ensure better content visualization and compatibility with devices like Google Glass- all of which you can see at this year’s InsideAR in Munich."
To learn more and register for InsideAR, October 10-11 in Munich, please visit
http://metaio.com/insideAR
To learn more about augmented reality software and services by Metaio, please visit
http://metaio.com
About Metaio: The worldwide leader in Augmented Reality (AR) research and technology, (((they're not kidding))) Metaio develops software products for visually interactive solutions between the real and the virtual world. Based on the Metaio Augmented Reality platform, digital and 3-D content can be integrated seamlessly into the user’s camera view looking upon the real world. Serving over 50.000 developers and powering over 1,000 apps for enterprise, marketing, retail, publishing and industrial cases, over 30 Million consumers use Metaio’s AR software. Learn more at www.metaio.com
