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Augmented reality specialist metaio released a free version of its advanced development tools for iOS and Android devices. Munich-based metaio said that its software development kit already powers more than 70 applications and has generated more than 10 million downloads.  

Because the [itvt] editorial team has been working on TVOT NYC Intensive 2011, we are covering stories in this issue in round-up/summary format.

Because the [itvt] editorial team has been working on TVOT NYC Intensive 2011, we are covering stories in this issue in round-up/summary format. We anticipate that it will take us several days to catch up with all the recent news: so if your company has sent us a press release or briefed us on an announcement, and you don't yet see your news covered in this issue, please bear with us.

[itvt] is pleased to present a video of "Broadcast-Synchronized Companion Apps: Lessons from the Field," a panel session at The TV of Tomorrow Show 2011 (took place May 17th-18th in San Francisco). The panelists for the session were:

Due to the large volume of news generated over the past two days, we are covering stories in this issue in summary/round-up format.

USA Today has tapped Munich-based augmented reality (AR) specialist, metaio, to enhance its Super Bowl coverage with two interactive AR experiences that allow readers to use their smartphone to experience enhanced 3D visuals and audio.

According to the newspaper, today's (Friday, February 4th) edition will "include" a 360 degree tour of this year's Super Bowl venue, the Dallas Cowboys stadium, together with an introduction by stadium and Cowboys owner, Jerry Jones, and interior and exterior highlights. Then Monday's (February 7th) edition will contain an image that triggers a 3D view of the key play of the game in an animated sequence, as well as an option to receive player stats.

Because the [itvt] editorial team was busy last week working on the TV of Tomorrow Show 2011, we are covering recent news in round-up/summary form. We anticipate that it will take us a few days to catch up with all the news we plan to cover: so if your company has sent us a press release or briefed us on an announcement, and you don't yet see your news covered in this issue, please bear with us. Our regular daily news coverage will return shortly.

Munich-based augmented reality specialist, metaio, has teamed with the UK's Royal Mail service; near field communication (NFC) and 2D bar coding specialist, RBIT; and digital marketing agency, m2end, to add a thematically related interactive enhancement to the Royal Mail's new "Great British Railway" special stamp issue.

Munich-based augmented reality specialist, metaio, has launched a new version (2.1) of its Unifeye Mobile SDK that it says offers new features and functionality which take full advantage of the new iPhone OS 4.0 camera access API to enable the creation of image (vs GPS)-based augmented reality experiences on the iPhone. According to the company, Unifeye is currently the only SDK for creating mobile AR applications that support image processing (i.e. image recognition and tracking) on all major mobile platforms: iPhone, Android, Symbian and Windows Mobile.

The [itvt] editorial team will be on the road this week and next, so we will be covering most stories in round-up/summary form, and we anticipate that there will be some additional interruptions of our regular news publishing schedule beyond that. We apologize in advance for any inconvenience to our readers.

Munich-based augmented reality specialist, metaio, announced Tuesday that its flagship junaio mobile AR browser--which is now available for the Android OS as well as for the iPhone--can now not only display informational overlays that have previously been associated with nearby points of interest, such as shops, restaurants and train stations, and that are triggered via GPS, but can actually identify objects and dynamically "glue" specific, real-time, dynamic, social and 3D information onto those objects.

Augmented reality gaming company, Ogmento, said Wednesday that it has closed a $3.5 million Series A funding round. The round was led by Chart Venture Partners, with participation from CNF Investments and various private investors. Ogmento claims to be the first AR gaming company to have secured institutional investment.

Munich-based augmented reality specialist, metaio, contacted [itvt] Wednesday to let us know that it has partnered with commercial real estate search service, Rofo, and with rental housing search service, HotPads, to launch separate real estate search services from those companies on its junaio mobile AR platform (note: version 2.0 of junaio is currently available as a free app for the iPhone 3GS and is slated to be available soon on Android devices).

Munich-based augmented reality specialist, metaio, contacted [itvt] Monday to let us know that the Lego Group has begun installing in all Lego-brand retail stores worldwide special kiosks, dubbed "Digital Boxes," that unlock an AR experience powered by metaio's technology. Customers at the stores can hold a Lego box up to the kiosks in order to trigger an interactive 3D animation of what the Lego model contained in the box will look like when it is assembled. They can manipulate the animation--and thus see what the assembled model will look like from any angle--by moving the Lego box around.

Here is a round-up of some other recent interactive TV-related stories that we didn't have room for in this issue: