Augmented Reality Software:
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metaio @ Mobile World Congress 2010: Mobile Augmented Reality on the Rise
MUNICH / BARCELONA, February 15th, 2010 – with the release of its Unifeye® Mobile Augmented Reality SDK, a groundbreaking Android demo in cooperation with Sony Ericsson and a speech within the Mobile Visions track, metaio demonstrates its direction as a technology leader in the AR industry.
The Unifeye® Mobile SDK is the world´s first and only software development kit for creating mobile augmented reality (AR) applications. The professional toolbox is supporting all major mobile platforms and features the latest image recognition technologies, 3D rendering for animations with real time interaction and optimized components for mobile hardware. With the Unifeye® Mobile SDK software it is possible to create fascinating marketing experiences, intuitive information design, mobile augmented reality games or innovative retail solutions. Based on the proven AR platform Unifeye® by metaio it is possible to easily develop and deploy solutions at the interface between the real and virtual world.
Showcase: Image Recognition on Android Phones by Sony Ericsson
The power of the Unifeye® Mobile SDK is revealed for the first time within the “Creation Day” event, where metaio shows its latest feature tracking technology on a new device by Sony Ericsson, running the Android platform. Within this inspiring event Sony Ericsson will show the power of Co-Creation and how the mobile content will be created and shared in the future.

The Future of Mobile Augmented Reality
In addition to the product release and showcase, metaio´s CTO Peter Meier will give a speech at the MWC10 within the session:”Mobile Innovation – A Vision of 2020”, which will take place on the afternoon of Wednesday the 17th of February 2010 at 4pm. “This session will take a visionary look into the services and applications that mobile communication will provide in 10 years time and the impact they will have on the way we live and communicate in 2020. The latter half of this session will look at Augmented Reality. (…)”. Peter Meier will also present how the social AR platform “junaio” is becoming a day by day mobile augmented reality experience.
