Author Archive for Ryan Engle, R&D Engineer

Infect A Crowd of People With Zombies With iOS 5 Facial Recognition

Posted on October 24th, 2011 By Ryan Engle, R&D Engineer

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One of the most exciting features for iOS 5 barely makes an appearance in Apple’s native apps, but it’s giving developers exciting new options never before seen on mobile. Facial tracking can accomplish everything from putting sunglasses on a person’s face, to tracking their eye movement through an app, but to give you a little taste of what it can do, we decided to zombify our staff.

Category: General

From Sharktopus to Na’vi: It’s Time to Inject “Reality” Into Augmented Reality

Posted on September 29th, 2011 By Ryan Engle, R&D Engineer

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Augmented Reality has been a big buzzword in mobile, but it’s never managed to graduate past being a gimmick. One of the biggest reasons for this is that it’s usually improperly lit, and consequently it looks blatantly fake. Find out how Mutual Mobile used a common garden supply and a technique employed by Google and game developers to put the “reality” back in AR.

Category: Innovation

Kinect Adds a New Dimension for Business That Goes Beyond Novelty

Posted on March 31st, 2011 By Ryan Engle, R&D Engineer

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The release of the Kinect was a landmark event for businesses, they just don’t know it yet. Although most of Kinect’s current uses are based in novelty, hackers are just beginning to experiment with what can be accomplished as the device grows past infancy and into enterprise.

Category: Innovation, Strategy