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Websitetonchidot.com
Blogd.hatena.ne.jp/ro...
CategoryMobile/Wireless
Phone+81.90.6145.2871
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Employees10
Founded7/08
DescriptionTonchiDot

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1-3-7 Ninngyoucho, Nihonbashi
Tokyo, 103-0013, JPN

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Social Augmented Reality Mobile Location-based Service: “Sekai Camera” (World Camera)

Our client-side software and web service enable camera-equipped mobile devices (such as iPhones, Android “Google Phones”, and other smart-phones) to access informational and entertainment services by creating a “Clickable World” via the use of Augmented Reality (AR) hyper-tags.

These user-clickable tags, which we call “AirTags”, are location-based and mapped in the real world. These AirTags can be seen and accessed through the camera view of mobile devices with Sekai Camera software.

Sekai Camera is realized though a combination of technologies, including client-side software deployed on iPhone, Android and other OS platforms, and also highly scalable web computing systems. In addition, Sekai Camera integrates with services provided by mobile carriers, existing data/service providers, and location technology companies, which combined, enable this dynamic location-based information retrieval service.

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Sekai (World) Camera

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Tags iphone-apple-appstore-android-ar-mixed-reality-tonchidot-mobile-tokyo-japan

Sekai Camera, a camera system that aims to merge the virtual and real worlds by using a digital device as a viewfinder.

The Sekai Camera service is delivered though a combination of 1) AirTags, and 2) AirFilters:

1) AirTags AirTags are location-based tags that have a floating appearance on the camera screen, and include contextual data, such as image, voice, video, and web-links that are mapped in the real world. In addition to information gathered from other web services, contents for AirTags are generated/provided by a variety of sources, including tonchidot itself, authorized commercial users, Sekai Camera subscribers, and content providers/partners.

2) AirFilters AirFilters are filters that enable subscribers to display AirTags based on preferences/objectives, in the same manner that various search services exist to gather web information.

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John - February 12, 2009 at 8:01am
It would be interesting to know how the iPhone app gets the data. Location data could be derived from the build-in GPS, the location server of the mobile operator or even graphical image or object recognition. Any trusted source of information? Moreoever, note that a GPS is a compass - if you apply triangulation or other methods.
Mo10 - October 27, 2008 at 11:36am
I think some geotags include latitude, longitude, altitude and bearing.
puppyfeet - September 22, 2008 at 8:28pm
Dude, the iphone should totally have a compass. Based on their Q&A at techcrunch, the tags through the camera are basically meaningless....everything on the display is based on wifi/GPS. I do think that Geotagging is the future and this would be a great way to access that data. It would be cooler if it plugs into other things like yelp, which also uses location info.
iPhoneFrisbeeGolf - September 18, 2008 at 10:22am
Is this real? How would the iPhone know what direction it is being pointed in without a compass?

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