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From Tokyo: Demo of “almost finalized” augmented reality tagging app Sekai Camera (videos)

Source: Crunch Gear

Jul 10, 2009

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I attended the inaugural event of the AR Commons in Tokyo today, a new initiative that's supposed to help set "standards of augmented reality as a public environment". In other words, the symposium is an attempt to understand what augmented reality, the mixing of the real world with computer data, really is and what consequences the concept will have on the society.

And one part of the symposium was dedicated to one of TechCrunch's favorite companies out there: Japan-based Tonchidot. CEO Takahito Iguchi, who delivered an unbelievable performance during his pitch at TechCrunch 50 (where his company was launched), presented an almost final version of Sekai Camera.