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The mobile augmented reality space has really been heating up lately (check out our recent feature on the top 6 AR apps). Today one of the front-runners, Austrian software company Mobilizy, launched a new version of their mobile augmented reality browser Wikitude for GoogleGoogle’s AndroidAndroid platform. For those unfamiliar with the concept, augmented reality refers to the sci-fi-like display of real time digital data superimposed on top of the world around you, typically via your mobile phone’s camera. You point the camera at an object or location and get a resulting display of information related to those things or places. The most interesting update to Mobilizy’s mobile augmented reality offering is the relaunch and full integration of the Wikitude.me platform with the browser. Wikitude.me is a socially-aware geotagging site where you can log in with an existing FacebookFacebook, TwitterTwitter, Google or YahooYahoo! account and add location-based information that other users will be able to access later at that same spot…
Read on at mashable.com

Augmented reality — or the addition of a layer to the world before your eyes (aka the “real world”) using technology — is the next big tech trend. Already making its debut in everything from mobile apps to kids toys, “AR” will clearly soon be talked about by everyone the way they used to talk about “social media” and “Web 2.0″ before that. While augmented reality has its uses — although many of them just involve oohing and aahing at nifty apps — this trend is already in danger of being over-hyped, even though it has barely gotten off the ground… Read on at ReadWriteWeb.com

This weekend, developers, UI designers and testers combined forces to share ideas and collaborate at the third annual iPhone Dev Camp. The event encourages individuals at all levels to continue to stretch the development boundaries of the iPhone and iPod touch. The event’s Hackathon competition offers an exhibition of attendee projects and is a showcase of some of the industry’s brightest innovators. Below are some of the latest trends amongst those innovators.
Augmented Reality, Assistive and Health-Related Technology and Mobile Music Production. Read on at ReadWriteWeb.com

New owners of the iPhone 3GS have yet another reason to make iPhone 3G users green with envy with the introduction of the app called Nearest Tube. The makers of the app (acrossair of the UK) call it an “augmented reality” tool for your iPhone, which is a pretty accurate description. Read on at dvice…

As mobile phones continue to develop, the improvements to geolocation features, video capabilities, and processor speed combined with APIs from various web services are helping to make augmented reality the next big thing in mobile applications. On open platforms like AndroidAndroid, we’ve already seen amazing developments, including things like Layarlayar, an augmented reality app that describes the world around you, and TwittARoundTwittARound, an app which shows you nearby tweets. Details…

face recognition, text filtering, smarter messaging, voice alteration…
Apple guys  do keep themselves busy thinking up new ways how to improve their iPhone OS software. And Apple’s  patent applications give us a glimpse of how they may go about it. Details…