Sci-fi fans out there might recall the early episode of Red Dwarf (Better Than Life, I think it was), in which the crew dabble with an augmented reality experience called Total Immersion Video games.
As with so much science fiction, it seems the boys from the Dwarf predicted that augmented reality specialist Total Immersion would indeed be getting into the games industry.
The company has just announced a partnership with French smartphone developer int13 to integrate their respective technologies into an embedded augmented reality application system for Symbian and Windows Mobile devices.
"At int13, we recognise the value of augmented reality as an engaging new way to interact with consumers," says Stéphane Cocquereaumont, MD at int13.
"Our aim is to develop games and augmented reality applications that make the most of what smartphones have to offer. With this distribution partnership, we look to benefit from Total Immersion's premier market position as the company brings our combined technology to a global audience."
This new mobile framework based on Total Immersion's D'Fusion platform will also add support for iPhone and Android, bringing the real-time, interactive, 3D augmentation system to users through a variety of video and web browser implementations.
"This is a win-win for both companies, and for consumers," concludes Bruno Uzzan, CEO at Total Immersion. "int13 has developed one of the most dynamic augmented reality libraries for mobile phones. With this agreement, Total Immersion enters the booming smartphone application space, marketing a compelling augmented reality experience on mobile devices."
Top Stories
News
May 4th, 2024
PocketGamer.biz Podcast Week in Views E10 - Brawl Stars smashes 2023 revenue, Square Enix’s extraordinary losses, and Haaland signs for Clash of Clans
News
May 3rd, 2024
Week in Views - Apple back themselves bigstyle, Clash bags Haaland and dreams come true at King
Events
LA Games Conference 2024 | North America | May 6th |
Mobidictum Meetup Berlin May 2024 | Europe | May 7th |
Valencia Indie Summit 2024 | Europe | May 16th |
Mobidictum Meetup Tallinn May 2024 | Europe | May 21st |
Israel Mobile Summit 2024 | Middle East | Jun 6th |
WN Conference Istanbul 2024 | Jun 11th | |
DevGAMM Vilnius 2024 | Europe | Jun 14th |
Develop: Brighton 2024 | Europe | Jul 9th |