Japan’s Digital Advertising To Offer Augmented Reality Ads « Total Immersion’s Augmented Reality Blog

Japanese online advertisement planning company Digital Advertising Consortium Inc. has partnered with the French company Total Immersion to market advertising based on that company’s software technology for so-called augmented reality.

The technology fuses real video images with computer-generated images. For example, if a person stands in front of a PC equipped with a webcam so they can see themselves in a monitor and holds up a an object such as a card printed with a special code, the Total Immersion software will recognize the code and generate the corresponding 3-D image.

If the printing on a card codes for the image of a toy figure, the person looking in the monitor will see himself holding the toy figure in his hand. The image on screen moves in response to movements of the actual card, meaning the process can be used to operate virtual objects.

via Japan’s Digital Advertising To Offer Augmented Reality Ads « Total Immersion’s Augmented Reality Blog.

R-ID™ Solution | Universal Tech Pte. Ltd

R-ID™, Redundancy Inexpensive Disk Solution

What is MyXerver™ R-ID™ Solution?•R-ID stands for Redundant-Inexpensive Disk•MyXerver™ R-ID™ is a cost-effective backup storage solution to MyXerver™, offering data redundancy for MyXerver™.•This redundancy package consists of the NoTouch™ NT3600 External Storage Drive and the software solution for synchronization or backing up of data from MyXerver™.

Why the need for MyXerver™ R-ID™ Solution?•MyXerver™ provides a convenient single point centralized storage for all your precious data accumulated over years.•At some point in time, the need arises for these precious data to be protected.•MyXerver™ R-ID™ Solution is a simple and convenient secondary storage solution that can be added quickly and easily, offering data redundancy and peace of mind.

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Recruit.net Blog » Recruit.net launches Philippines Job Search Engine

Recruit.net are pleased to announce the launch of our new Philippines job search engine (www.recruitnet.ph) The site has over 25,000 job listings from hundreds of companies in the Philippines.

With approximately 24,000,000 internet users and only a 24% penetration of the total population, the Philippines is one of the largest and fastest growing markets in Asia.

The Philippines also boasts a highly competent and globally mobile work force that will benefit from the Recruit.net network of global job search engines.

Recruitnet.ph is a result of continued requests from our users to launch our service in the Philippines. So please please keep the feedback coming in.

via Recruit.net Blog » Recruit.net launches Philippines Job Search Engine.

Feature Interview: Matt Booth Of Room 101

The Singapore Tat2 Convention 2010 held last month was a blast as we had fun making new friends and knowing more about their industry. One of them was the good people from Room 101. plussixfive had the opportunity to have a chat with Matt Booth, Founder of Room 101, as he shared with us his take on the industry, inspiration, and possible ventures into Singapore. Read the full interview below.

The Interview

Is Room101 looking to expand its brand to Singapore?

We’re interested for sure. I think the quality and level of retail and presentation here is top notch, I mean on a global scale.

When you design your jewellery, where do you draw your inspiration from?

A lot of the inspirations behind my designs come from sculptures that I’ve seen from Japan and Noh Theatre (Traditional Japanese Theatre), masks, Buddhist deities and sculptures outside of temples. But you know, my executive collection is all geometric shapes, patterns, things like that. More contemporary, modern contemporary.

So do you do a lot of travelling to places like Japan and Thailand because of the Temples that they have?

I’ve seen temples in Thailand, but their sculptures are different. Every country kind of represents the same characters differently. And I definitely connect more with the Japanese representation.

Read more of the interview here: plussixfive | Online Magazine for Fashion, Lifestyle, Art, and Culture Within The +65 State » Feature Interview With Matt Booth Of Room 101.

Admiration is not enough – Charice

Life really is amazing – Charice at the Singapore Idol finale – thanks to youtube – Charice is now a worldwide STAR… hey thanks to her facebook fanpage for sending me her latest clips

If you watch her new song – note to god - you will understand why, admiration is not enough to express how incredible her voice and stage presence has become.

Better get back to my own search for the next SUPERMODEL for SUPERMODELME – Season II contestants -Host Charmaine Harn, Singapore’s 1st SUPERMODEL needs some new talent to mold – if you would like to find out more, even apply – head to http://www.supermodelme.tv/season2/ – some nice cash and other prizes await the winner.

Think you have what it takes to be a supermodel? Be watched by thousands of people all around the world and work with Asia’s best. The next season of SUPERMODELME.tv will be bigger, bolder and better! Season 2 is now open for auditions, and the world gets to cast you so make an impression!

Requirements:

Age: 16 to 25 years old
Personality: Confident and Outspoken
Spoken Language: English
Nationality: Anywhere

Interested parties need only submit 2 profile photos (1 face and 1 full body) to participate.

Closing Date: February 28th, 2010

http://www.supermodelme.tv/season2/

pigeon impossible

Brilliance in Animation, visual creativity and concept – 10 out 10

it also has YOUTUBE POPup so can be viewed via this link as well

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=jEjUAnPc2VA

Pigeon Impossible – is lured by a donut – as would APLINK

for more www.pigeonimpossible.com

FOURSQUARE – a commercial users perspective

A venue owner shares his perspective of FOURSQUARE going as far to say it has the potential to be the new Twitter - what he seems to have neglected however is that FOURSQUARE can connect with Facebook & twitter – by doing so FOURSQUARE covers its bases and leverages on the 2 most successful social media platforms to date to attrract new users to its platform. – APLINK

ps: I am also trialing brightkite - which I kinda like due to its intergration with images from your mobile device.

Foursquare a new social media application launched last year in March. I have a feeling that Foursquare will grow exponentially in 2010 becoming the new social media hit and let me explain you why.

Foursquare is a location-based social network mobile application that helps you connect with venues and friends using GPS via your mobile device. Foursquare is a win-win situation. It pleases the patrons and the venue owners. In Foursquare there is a social mechanism where people say where they are hanging out or staying and through a built in g ame system it will reward them for doing so, with badges and titles.

The system really empowers the venue owner, it helps identify his customers with their real names ( sometimes it is hard on twitter) and it helps to know who comes in more often. I see it as a technological loyalty system without the cost of it as it all comes integrated in the apps. The application also includes the suggestion’s area with tips and to do list for future people checking in at the same venue..and it also helps the patrons being identified for what they really are i.e.: newbie, local and loyal. Foursquare triggers some sort of respect-benefit for the patrons in the acknowledgement of the title that the patrons have gained through checking in to the venue multiple times. Patrons will also enjoy the shared tips and recommended to do list that other patrons have left for them. To me, as a venue owner, it is a super cool application, and it makes a lot of sense from any point of view.

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Aiming Your Company at the Bottom of the Barrel – UnMarketing

Judging by the size of Yellow Pages they are still able to offer ROI – if not how do they sell – APLINK tends to think that like alot of activity I undertake in Social Media – some may look at the Yellow Pages as a meer Signpost to their door – that they choose to pay for, to some it is even irrelevant whether the ad results in any sales at all.

I (APLINK) sometimes forget that even though myself and people I know are very internet SAVVY – there remains a HUGE part of the global population that are not. I believe for the short to medium term this community needs to have traditional methods of living. In Australia some years ago BANKS tried to force everyone to use Internet Banking – was that realistic – no it was not then and is still not today.

But this post by UnMarketing is a worthy read – excerpt below

1. You’re aiming at the bottom of the barrel: No, I’m not saying people who use them are the lowest of the low, it’s that they’ve gone through every other resource that influences them to potentially buy before pulling out the directory. Have a look:

This is the Hierarchy of Buying I came up with 5 years ago after surveying a thousand or so people on how they hired a service provider. So your potential customer doesn’t already have a provider, doesn’t know anyone who could perform the service, doesn’t know anyone who knows anyone and hasn’t even heard of anyone in the field. So no relationships, no word-of-mouth. Nothing. (I should really make a new one, since Google would rank above Yellow Pages.)

2. Paper spam: Email spam works on the premise that if you blast it to a million people, a fraction of a fraction may be in the market for the product and a fraction of that may even click. Phone directories work on this same premise. 1.6 billion pounds of paper per year are used to produce the 500 million directories that go out in the United States every year in the hopes that you may be in the market for one of the 2,000 categories of businesses that are listed. It’s spam at its finest. You didn’t opt-in, the majority of people don’t use it, many not even taking it out of the plastic. Instead it ends up in landfill, might get recycled or thrown at random phone company trucks that drop them off. Sadly I don’t see them ever going opt-in, since like most things in the print industry, they charge due to bloated “circulation” numbers and I estimate the number of people who would actually ask for it at 14, give or take 12. Makes you want to go out and hug a tree and then go here to opt-out of them!

Read more via UnMarketing » Blog Archive » Aiming Your Company at the Bottom of the Barrel.

Porn industry tiptoes into 3D video

The excitement around 3D TV at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) did not appear to be influencing companies at the AVN-Adult Entertainment Expo taking place at the same time, despite the fact that the adult industry is often a first mover in new video technologies.

Electronics giants such as Sony and Samsung unveiled a range of new products for 3D home entertainment at CES, including ultra-thin-screen HDTVs and Blu-ray Disc players, in high hopes that consumers will snap them up this year.

The adult industry is taking a more cautious approach.

Some adult filmmakers are dabbling in 3D video, but most are moving slowly because of the higher production costs, the need for 3D glasses, and a belief that not enough people will buy 3D TV systems this year to justify the cost of making 3D movies.

“We’re very excited to do 3D production, but we don’t feel market penetration [of 3D TVs] has hit the level we need it to be in the home,” said Rob Smith, director of operations at Hustler Video Group, in an interview in Las Vegas. “I’m hoping by the fourth quarter of this year it will be at the point where we can justify doing a 3D product,” he said.

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brightkite many glitches but – itsReal

What is Brightkite?

Brightkite is the simple way to keep up with friends and places. It lets you see where all your friends are, so you can spend more time with them. You can also discover places in your neighborhood and meet other locals along the way.

What Does APLINK Think?

Brightkite reminds me of the early facebook days and then also Twitter – I could at first see little use for both of the before mentioned social platforms, however today I mock that I spend 36 hours a day in facebook and now manage around 8 twitter accounts.

But unlike facebook & twitter. Brightkite has many – let me call them – glitches but after re-attempting different things it seems like magic brightkite does what it is kinda meant to do. The best thing about brightkite is its ability to connect facebook & twitter to your travels via your smartphone, I have an HTC Hero which is android based and there is a brightkite app – hey and it works !!!

So, what do I think – APLINK can’t help but be on as many social platforms he can find and that make sense. Brightkite seems to make sense for now & with an alexa rank of 12,581 – alot more people than me must seem to think itsReal too.

note: to find me on brightkite my nick is OZAWESUM – that’s one of the glitches I can’t seem to fix. I forgot my APLINK password and can’t seem to generate a reset – so have had to re-register with a new account.

TIP: if you have a business especially a venue, restaurant or bar – register and create your business location – it’s free and yet another signpost to your doorstep courtesy of SOCIAL MEDIA.