Developer preview of Kamra, the first open standards-based mobile augmented reality browser
The Georgia Institute of Technology announces the release of the developer preview of Kamra, the first mobile augmented reality (AR) browser for the KHARMA (KML/HTML Augmented Reality Mobile Architecture) development platform based on open Web standards.
The developer preview will be released at ARE2010 - Augmented Reality Event in Santa Clara, CA June 2. The release of Kamra for the iPhone in the iTunes Store is expected before the end of June.
What Kamra is:
- The first mobile open standards browser that overlays information from multiple website channels simultaneously onto the user's phone.
- Kamra allows any content that can be displayed on Mobile Safari to be placed into the physical environment using standard KML.
- By being built on top of open Web technologies and standards, Kamra allows developers to produce a full range of collaborative applications.
- Kamra gives authors the freedom to customize the browser interface behavior for their own channels.
- Kamra lets users create and distribute content from their own hosted websites or through filters that generate KML.
- Future releases of Kamra will support marker tracking, HTML5 video and a range of 3-D content.
More information: Kamra will be displayed on June 2 at 7 p.m. in the main theater as part of "The Auggies" session. It will also be displayed on June 3 at 2:30 p.m. at the panel session "Developing AR Games."
Provided by Georgia Institute of Technology