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Obvious Engine AR

 

Obvious Engine  is a new vision-based AR startup that will work with indie games companies, digital artists, developers and brands to leverage our computer vision technology within their own apps. 

Our initial prototype for the engine was one of the first AR engines for iOS that could track objects without using traditional markers (this was showcased in Chatterbucks, a global Staff Favourite in the iTunes App Store). Back then we didn't have a name for the engine and we kept things under wraps as we worked away at improving the technology.

We now believe our 3D pose estimation and tracking (the stuff that make an augmented experience feel real) is ahead of other companies in the space. We also support Unity 3D and OpenGL in our development pipeline, so the graphical and interactive possibilities are almost limitless.

Obvious Engine can also track images on curved surfaces and is available now as both a developer SDK, and as part of a bespoke app build where either ourselves or a partner take care of the build on your behalf.

 

Chat Anywhere with Chattp

 

Chattp (Chatup) is a new service straight out Harmonypark's Sandpark lab that lets you add realtime chat to the sites you are viewing through your browser.

To use Chattp you just type in a url and Chattp will chattify your page by augmenting your browser window to add in a realtime chat panel to the left hand side of the window.

Anyone you share a Chattp link with for a specific page or website will be able to participate in that chat, and each link is unique, so multiple chats can take place on any particular url.

Have a play and feel free to share it around.  No login is required to use Chattp.

Here is a Chattp link for this page http://chattp.com/2QY5Ct

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This is an alpha release so there are bound to be bugs and stuff. Chats are currently private, but not encrypted.

 Made with: node.js, express.js, pusher, mongodb and hosted on Nodester

 

 

How We Make Apps And Services

 

We gave a presentation at The Hospital Club on How We Make Apps And Services as part of their "And Then The World Presents " event,  a monthly talk exploring the latest innovations in the creative industry.

The audience was a mix of creative/technical types, planners from the advertising industry and brand managers.  We hope they now have an interest (if they didn't already) in how an agile/lean approach can also benefit those outside of the startup community. 

This slideshare deck tries to capture some of the ad-libbed stuff into a readable online format. 

If you're not familiar with the concept of the Minimum Viable Product made famous by Eric Ries, or the simplicity and benefits of introducing A/B Testing, this will hopefully serve as a simple to understand introduction.

As a company we have definitely benefitted from bringing these principles to bare on what we do, be it making apps, web services, product ideation or creating online x offline type installations and experiences.

The main takeout is that testing can actually be a lot of fun when instead of just coming up with ideas you are also tasked with playing around with different variations and putting them out there and comparing efficacy, which happens a lot with startups, but not enough with agencies that market more established businesses.