A few weeks ago I attended a meeting on mobile technologies in Chicago and the presenter demonstrated an open source app to build augmented reality applications. For those of you that have not read or seen any examples of mobile augmented reality here's one that was presented in this meeting.
Let's say you wanted to buy some new furniture from IKEA but wasn't sure how to fit it into your living room. Using an augmented reality application, you can use the camera on your mobile phone to view your living room through. Then by using an augmented reality browser and tools from IKEA, you can place the furniture in your living room to see how it would fit. Pretty cool!
I also found an article from a mlearning blog that points out the same type of applications. Imagine using this tool to learn about art in a museum, architecture, retail stores and potential coupons. You start connecting the dots pretty quick to see how this could be used for learning and education as well.
http://mlearning.edublogs.org/?s=augmented+reality&searchbutton=go%21
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Friday, January 15, 2010
I should have been a DJ!
We recently stumbled upon a new service that we are using to deliver informaiton and education on various learning technologies. Blog Talk Radio allows individuals to create their own online radio show. We decided to produce a show titled "Training Tech Talk". The service is free or you can set up a premium channel.
This is such a great way to create audio content in a live setting but all of the live shows are recorded and can be shared via Twitter, Facebook and iTunes. I also discovered you can add sound effects during the show so beware that we're going to get a little silly with this but why not! It's amazing how many different shows are on this site and the variety of topics. I would recommend that you all go to http://www.blogtalkradio.com/ and see who is on the air at that time to experience what this is like.
When you are delivering your own show, the administrator is given a control panel so they can see who is calling in or sending questions in via a chat window. This would be a great way for companies to host an internal show on various topics or invite their customers to talk about how they are using their products. In essence it can act as a live Blog or Podcast show. If you'd like to be a guest on our show send me an email and we will give you a list of upcoming programs.
nancy@knowledgeshift.net
This is such a great way to create audio content in a live setting but all of the live shows are recorded and can be shared via Twitter, Facebook and iTunes. I also discovered you can add sound effects during the show so beware that we're going to get a little silly with this but why not! It's amazing how many different shows are on this site and the variety of topics. I would recommend that you all go to http://www.blogtalkradio.com/ and see who is on the air at that time to experience what this is like.
When you are delivering your own show, the administrator is given a control panel so they can see who is calling in or sending questions in via a chat window. This would be a great way for companies to host an internal show on various topics or invite their customers to talk about how they are using their products. In essence it can act as a live Blog or Podcast show. If you'd like to be a guest on our show send me an email and we will give you a list of upcoming programs.
nancy@knowledgeshift.net
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