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App turns iPad into play-mat

playmat

This is the future of Gaming, real world products being used to interact with virtual worlds.

Disney created AppMates, which is short takes an iPad and turns it into an interactive play-mat, the miniature figures have sensors that when connected to the iPad screen turns it into a game, the players can race against other characters, complete missions and win virtual cash.

AppMates

The Mobile Eye Exam

mobileEye

Netra a radically low cost mobile eye diagnostic from MIT Media Lab that allows anyone with a smart phone and NETRA clip-on to take their own eye exam and receive a prescription for glasses. Our aim is to empower hundreds of millions around the globe by democratizing access to health care, starting with eye care.

“The software can determine a person’s vision prescription on the spot, making quick, inexpensive diagnoses of refractive vision errors a reality.”- Pop-Sci

“As it turns out, it could prove the ideal device for conducting eye tests.”- New Scientis

More here

AR Translator – Word Lens

Word Lens is an App that will translate signage text into your native tongue by pointing your camera at the sign. The video above is truly inspirational.

Bluetooth Proximity Marketing Interactive Poster

The future, I think its still a bit clunking in the user interaction department, but I see this sort of marketing becoming more main stream in 2011

Glympse – Location aware service

Latest Location aware service, mainly targeting businesses in my view.

Reference
Glympse

Honestly now

I posted back in April about a service called Go try it on, not a competitor has hit the market called Honestly now, this service seems to offer the same type of product, I do like the idea of an application to get your friends feedback while not with them, you could just call them or send a MMS I suppose, but this offers rating so it can go to all you friends to get an overall opinion.

honestlynow

Still in Beta – Honestly now

References:
Honestly now
Go Try it On
Playfool Archive
Mashable

Creative SMS

A nice iPhone app that converts your SMS into a flower.

SMSFlower1

To this

SMSFlower2

Get it here

Tags: mobile
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