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VentureBeat: Augmented reality startups petition Apple for live video API

  • Outsourcing · 4 months ago
    Wowww..! Dint Expect such a new product..! I would like to know more of its features..
  • David · 4 months ago
    Why don't developers just develop an inexpensive external camera that plugs into the dock connector, allowing the camera to be clipped or worn as a pair of eyeglasses? CMOS sensors are now so incredibly cheap, that at least a proof-of-concept should be doable with little investment money wise, plus you can skip over the necessary API from the built-in camera, as the iPhone/iPod Touch would simply view it as a raw data input. This would also prevent the user from having to hold their phone up awkwardly, as the feed would simply follow their gaze.

    Just my $0.02
  • Name · 4 months ago
    Having a external camera attached to your glasses would be fine if you wanted a live picture of you holding your iPhone, you couldn't look at the subject or object and at your iPhone at the same time.

    Maybe just have one attached to the phone, but that would be a bit pointless as the iphone already has a usable camera, Apple should just let developers have access to the API.
  • mobiThinking · 4 months ago
    The Hyperfactory note in this (recommended) brief on AR that the lack of iPhone SDK means you don’t see AR campaigns on iPhone. Hyperfactory run AR campaigns for big brands like Nike and Coca-Cola (Fanta). So Apple isn’t just shutting out start-ups.
    It’s very noticeable that most of the AR innovation appears to be on Android, is that what Apple wants?
    The AR brief from Hyperfactory: http://www.mobithinking.com/white-papers/bring-...
  • remotepc support · 4 months ago
    Wowww..! Dint Expect such a new product..! I would like to know more of its features..
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