Weekly Linkfest

Weekly Linkfest

Another week passed by, and here we are again, at the weekly linkfest. Today on the linkfest:

• Juniper research is predicting that mobile augmented reality will by a $750 million industry by 2014, which is a lot more than the previous $350 million estimate by ABI research. Just a quick reminder - Twitter is valued at one billion dollars.
  
• Tish Shute preaching for Wave powered augmented reality infrastructure at Mobile Monday Amsterdam.
• Thomas Carpenter reveals Qualcomm's plans to use face recognition to create augmented social networks.
  
• We had quite a few marketing campaigns this week:
• Target uses AR markers to spin a virtual wheel, but I wouldn't call it augmented reality otherwise.
• InStyle magazine has an augmented version of its December cover (using Total Immersion's tech).
• And more of Total Immersion - augmented albums for some Brit and French bands.
  
• Play with a virtual Dodge Avenger, I think it's the first time anyone used augmented reality to sell a car [via Development Memo for Ourselves]
  

This week's video is of a photo booth at Las Vegas that lets you try different hats. I just find this guy's reactions really funny (and the augmentation is quite good) [via DMfO]



Have a great week!