Weekly Mashup 41

Control Google Glass with your MIND

MindRDR, a new app used in conjunction with Google Glass and the Neurosky EEG biosensor, claims to be able to control the wearable's actions using only the power of your mind. No speech needed. And it was created in London.

NASA give astronauts Google Project Tango handsets to use in space

Space explorers are being given Google’s 3D-mapping Project Tango phones to improve their Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellites (SPHERES) robots.

LG Electronics announces KizON wearable wristband… for children

In South Korea, LG Electronics has announced the KizON wristband – a wearable device designed for pre-school and primary school children that is fitted with GPS and WiFi and helps parents keep track of their children via a smartphone.

Kiwi inventor wants to use AR to make learning more accessible to children

New Zealander Eric Woods, MD of MindSpace Solutions, hopes his augmented reality product Imaginality, currently sourcing funding through Kickstarter, will enable children to interact and really ‘feel’ as they learn, thus enriching the classroom experience.

Wearables predicted to be $50 billion industry by 2018

A new report by research firm ON World forecasts that wearable technology devices – everything from smartwatches to smart clothing, fitness bands and spectacles – will be worth, as an industry, in the region of $50bn in four years’ time.

Photos of Samsung VR headset – made in conjunction with Oculus VR – leaked

Leaked images of the Samsung virtual reality headset – named Gear VR, and apparently being made in collaboration with Oculus VR – have appeared on the web.

Oculus VR to host its first VR conference in September

Oculus VR, maker of the Oculus Rift VR headset and now a subsidiary of Facebook, has announced the first developer conference specifically for virtual reality (VR) tech this 19-20 September in Hollywood, California.

IN THE NEWS

On our way to become the new visual browser

Our CEO Rish explained what the Layar acquisition meant for the future of the augmented reality industry

Blippar CMO Jess Butcher admits her worst mistakes in business

When it comes to making errors during your career, nobody’s perfect; it’s what you learn along the way that counts. Here our CMO Jess confesses to rush-jumping on the Dotcom bandwagon before founding Blippar.

Drinking tips from virtual sommeliers via Meantime Brewing Company’s blipp

Meantime Brewing Company used Blippar to bring their beer bottles to life with interactive experiences, including mini videos by expert sommeliers offering tasting notes and food-pairing tips.

Blippar makes The Drum Live entirely blippable in one day

Not content with lengthy deadlines, Team Blippar attended The Drum Live - in which an edition of the magazine was created a one day – and made the whole thing blippable. Using Blippbuilder we created a mammoth 25 blipps. PHEW. It’s out around 30 July. Enjoy.

Blippar’s very own Alana Kalin gives a live demo at NY Tech Meetup

Blippars New York's Alana gave a live demo of our app at July’s New York Tech Meetup, which also saw a space-age presentation by The Satellite, an art project that lets people view Earth as if looking at it from space.

Our CEO Rish Mitra at the P&G conference in Cincinnati

Our CEO attended the annual P&G conference at their headquarters in Cincinnati to speak about Blippar, the future of AR industry, and how our visual browsing app is relevant to brands. The Signal P&G event is attended by all managers worldwide, and then broadcasted to all their offices and agencies.