Augmented Reality Event 2011 video May 26, 2011 | Damon | 1 Comment Still recovering from an augmented reality that happened last week. The video footage below shows elements from the Augmented Reality Event (ARE) 2011 in Santa Clara, CA on May 17-18. This was the 2nd annual event of the largest conference dedicated to the business of augmented reality. Start-ups, developers, mobile and hardware companies along with… Read More
iTunes Appstore reviews disappearing and reappearing? May not be your imagination May 24, 2011 | perivision | Leave a comment Read this on one of the boards I follow. Seems over the past week comments on some apps would disappear and later reappear. This has been going on over the past week, and a bug has been reported so odds are Apple will fix this soon. So if your wonder what the heck happened to… Read More
Create Cartoon like Videos on your iphone ipad May 24, 2011 | perivision | Leave a comment This just popped in my email today. I’m going to download it later and mess around with it, but from what I’ve seen on YouTube, this app does a great job of creating cartoon like effects from iPhone videos. Very impressive. Check out the video at the end of the post. I’ll update this later… Read More
Narrative Technology, an ebook by Al Gore and 3 Dreams of Black May 23, 2011 | Damon | Leave a comment I had to share these 2 items that leverage innovative tools and technologies to tell better stories. First is Our Choice, an interactive e-book by Al Gore. Our Choice is an interactive 400-page book with videos, photos, and info-graphic content that illustrates how powerful interactive story telling can be. It was developed in collaboration with… Read More
Stealth Bee Jam music app is Free over Memorial Weekend. May 23, 2011 | perivision | Leave a comment I have not tried myself but it looks interesting. An alternative to garage band and basic looping apps. I wrote a bit about it here. Steathbee Jam Music App. Here is the press release.. Several months ago, when we launched Stealth Bee Jam for the iPad, we also sent you an email comparing Stealth Bee Jam… Read More
Most common reasons people use Android May 21, 2011 | perivision | Leave a comment .. According to Robert Scoble at least, so not exactly a scientific poll.. My employer bought me this and didn’t give me choice to get an iPhone (most common answer, actually, when I meet normal people outside of the tech industry). They like the hackability of the phone. I then usually ask what their favorite… Read More
How to keep iTunes from opening when you connect you iphone ipad May 20, 2011 | perivision | Leave a comment I really hate that itunes launches every-time I connect my iphone or ipad. At first I thought it would be an easy fix, simply uncheck iTunes Summary “Automatically sync [this device] when connected”. Right? #FAIL Yes the iphone will not autosync, but iTunes will still launch! What is the fix? Turn on the setting ‘Allowing… Read More
ARE2011 Free Space Movement stunt May 17, 2011 | perivision | Leave a comment What do you do when you are at conference and you are trying to make your message stand out? Well you dress a bunch of kids in cleanroom bunny suites and have them run around during one of the speakers, run hazard tape all over the place and spread pamphlets. Sure why not. Layer has… Read More
The Best Radio App so far, Tunein. BuBye AOL Radio May 16, 2011 | perivision | 2 Comments Getting tired of this. I love listening to KCBS radio, despite the far too numerous commercials (and a few commercials that are so bad I actually turn off the sound). So now I’m trying to Tunein Radio to see if its more stable. Also, as a startup app dev team, perhaps they will provide one… Read More
iOS Programming Class for beginners in the Northern California area May 16, 2011 | perivision | 2 Comments A friend of mine in the California Bay Area is putting on a iOS programming class for beginners and intermediate. Check it out! <updated> 5/28 Sat Intermediate http://iossdkinterm2011may.eventbrite.com/ 6/4 Sat Introduction http://iosclass2011jun4.eventbrite.com/ Course Details… Read More
Dont put an ‘upgrade’ button in your iOS app or you will get sued May 15, 2011 | perivision | Leave a comment Yes, this is so messed up that it has to go into the WTF? file and be added to the Rant list. What a clue that the current patent system is woefully behind the times and relies on an approval system designed by 5th graders? Have a look at this story from PCMag.com. Seems that… Read More
A 3D printing market called Shapeways. May 12, 2011 | perivision | 2 Comments Now sure if this is the first, and if fact I would be surprised if it was, but here is a cool service called Shapeways that not only lets you create your own 3D models, but you can buy and sell models as well. This is pretty good. If I’m going to go through the… Read More
Unity 3D goes military! Build 3D models for the next Bin laden mission! May 9, 2011 | perivision | Leave a comment Well, maybe not. But still, its kinda of nice to see a company you have watched from the inception get into the big game. The Unity Web Player is now certified to be used by the US Army and AirForce. This basically means that the US Government can now be a customer for your models… Read More
FREE Version of AmpliTube 3 with the new built-in Custom Shop May 7, 2011 | perivision | Leave a comment This is straight from my email box. Just thought I would thought this up really quick in case there are any musicians out there that have not tried AmpliTube yet. Dear Musician, Join the 28,000 users who have registered their FREE Version of AmpliTube 3 with the new built-in Custom Shop… Read More
What the latest meetup tells us about android windows and iphone interest May 4, 2011 | perivision | Leave a comment I went to a meetup recently that talked about development on the windows phone 7, android and iOS platforms. When asked for a show of hands on what people were interested in, android was far and away of greatest interest. iOS and windows were at perhaps 10% of the house each. Interesting. I would have… Read More
Android Tethering blocked by Google and how to get around it May 4, 2011 | perivision | Leave a comment I saw in the news a few days back that Google was going to do this, and based on a post in Venturebeat I guess they pulled the trigger. Google is now blocking Android tethering apps from the Store. Well not blocking per se. From VB – “You can still see it in the Android… Read More
Kinect self-awareness hack :P May 3, 2011 | Damon | Leave a comment This is a great video. By far the ultimate Microsoft Kinect hack!… Read More
SimCity Deluxe Tips and Tricks May 2, 2011 | perivision | 22 Comments I mostly play SimCity deluxe on the iPad now, but these tips apply for all SimCity games in general. BTW, I have not tried this for Android, but it should work. Put your powerplant in a far corner of the board. If you have a river near the centre of your world, build near it. … Read More
iPhone 4 voice control sucks! #FAIL But here are some tips anyway May 2, 2011 | perivision | 2 Comments Such FAIL that its almost epic. I have only recently started to play with iphone voice control after a VERY pleasant experience with Google Androids voice control, which work very well. With my Droid I could get directions, play music and even call people. And although calling people was not 100%, it was pretty good.… Read More
Air dogfighing with camera mounted RCs AR.Drones April 30, 2011 | perivision | Leave a comment We have talked about the Parrot AR.Drones before and if you have not tried it yet, go to Brookstone and give it a try. It’s pretty fun. I wish the battery life was longer, but small issue. Well, one of the promises of the AR.Drone was air dog-fighting combating. Well now its real. AR.FlyingAce was… Read More