Blippar Chicago opens its doors! (And we throw a party to celebrate)

It's been an exciting week for Team Blippar already... and it's still only Tuesday.

We celebrated the opening of our fourth Stateside office, with Chicago joining New York, LA and San Francisco as the most blippable cities in the USA. And, naturally, we raised a few cheeky after-dark glasses to mark the occasion.

Held in the stunning (and super-lofty) residence of the British Consul General on Chicago Avenue, Blippar: The Chicago Edition was a terrific event celebrating all things augmented reality, hosted by our globe-trotting CEO Rish Mitra and the esteemed British Consul General Stephen Bridges.

Friends of Blippar were treated to some delicious welcome cocktails, a talk by Mitra and Bridges about 'what lies ahead for wearables and image-recognition technology', a demonstration of Blippar on Google Glass (and a chance for attendees to play with the wearable tech themselves), and a few more cocktails. Just for fun.

We're so thrilled to have finally stuck our bright orange AR flag into the Windy City, and are excited about partnering with local residents and businesses to make this lovely part of the world blippable.

If you're in town and think we could work together on something fabulously interactively mobile, do pop in for a visit. Drop our Head of Office Kevin Boyer an email on kevin.boyer@blippar.com and he'll put the kettle on.

Additionally, if you fancy joining Kevin and his team as they endeavour to make Illinois blippable, check out our careers page for openings in Chicago. You'll find vacancies for all our international offices there, too.

Happy blipping!