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Comment on Towards a generic AR browser by John Sietsma

John Sietsma — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 00:04:56 +0000

No less significant then the first consumer browser? It would be pretty exciting if it had the same significance!

It’s a nice development. While were making analogies to web browsing we still need to solve; searching, filtering, syndication, rich media, development tools, etc.

Should be fun!

Comment on Towards a generic AR browser by Ivo

Ivo — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 10:14:13 +0000

To translate this to an end user, what you are basically saying is that you can now watch the information from multiple layers at once. Nice, but ‘no less significant than the first consumer version of the web browser was’? Come on

Comment on Towards a generic AR browser by Joe

Joe — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 08:23:11 +0000

@ivo honestly, the move from AR app (current layer model) to first class AR object AKA a POI enables such a wide range of new possibilities… just think of indexing, search, discovery, filtering and opening up the ecosystem in general!

Comment on TweepsAround Launcher in Android Market by Joe

Joe — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 12:41:59 +0000

@Jens it is a custom built app; I don’t even know if there are generic launcher apps for Android (there seems to be something along those lines for iPhone I was told).

Comment on TweepsAround Launcher in Android Market by Jens de Smit

Jens de Smit — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 11:40:34 +0000

Is this based on a generic launcher application that’s publicly available or is this custom?

Comment on TweepsAround Launcher in Android Market by uberVU - social comments

uberVU - social comments — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 04:43:24 +0000

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Comment on The path to the future of AR is open by uberVU - social comments

uberVU - social comments — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:56:55 +0000

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Comment on iPad, first thoughts by Joe

Joe — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:11:55 +0000

@Jens thanks for your comment! I do agree that the iPod was not a (technical) innovation at all, but the interface was revolutionary and caused me to expect that as a minimum. So when my iPod died and I was left with only my Sony Ericsson “walkman” phone, I just stopped listening to music and podcasts, just because the bad interface became prohibitive to use the device.

Now on Android the music player is just decent and even usable.

Maybe we’re already used to the whole concept of (multi-)touch interface on a small portable device to see the iPad as something revolutionary. Let’s see how this will fly and if Apple indeed keeps the lead here (I’m expecting big things from the Android powered netbooks, not in the least because of the more open ecosystem where third parties like Layar have much more possibilities to innovate).

Comment on iPad, first thoughts by Jens de Smit

Jens de Smit — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 08:35:40 +0000

I think we’re disappointed because there’s nothing revolutionary new here. We’ve seen many a tablet computer fail and the iPad does not seem to have that “something extra” the iPhone had when it was released. Back then, iPods were hot, mobile phones had become a necessity and Apps were something we wanted even when we didn’t know they existed. The iPhone combined them all into a package too small and handsome for most people to imagine. The iPad on the other hand just looks like an overgrown iPhone with the ambition to take over your laptop’s function but without the technical specs to do so.

Still, we should not forget that the device that delivered Apple its current status, the iPod, was just as unrevolutionary. MP3 players in all sorts and sizes were a hot item in the eraly 2000′s, but manufacturers were struggling with the price of flash memory, the problem of user interfaces on tiny displays and the then still geeky image of downloading music of the internet. At the right time, when music downloading was becoming much more mainstream, Apple introduced an MP3 player with massive storage, a very good user interface and the right marketing. It wasn’t anything particularly new, just executed so well that it set the standard for portable music players for years to come. When more and more people get their hands on the iPad, we’ll see if Apple pulled off the same quality with the iPad.

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