We're back!

Hello everybody!

We're back! Yes it's true, and this time is for a long time 'cause we've begun with all stuff of our project... Really, I'm not kidding.

Yesterday, we have our very first true day of working in Valladolid with our tutor. A hard-working day consisted in:

• Clarifying ideas.
• Meeting with Microsoft' people to ask for help and also a device to start working.
• Install programs.
• Acquire some information thanks to huge Google search through all day.
• Very first program using Android.

So, we continue with the same doubt.. We've to choose between Microsoft's Windows Mobile of Google's Android.

Let's take some notes...

• Days: 1
• Hours: 7:30
• Km: 290
• Chewing gums: 8 :)

Bye!

Sorry!

We're back! Sorry for this long-time absence... Perhaps you're waiting just a "We were too busy" but, this time, we have to confess: there's no excuse. We've being a bit lazy.

In the last 3 weeks we have no progress with out project and there were no special news to post here. Maybe because we haven't search them, or just because they weren't.

We've got in touch with some companies to supply us a SCM, and also we're trying to get a mobile device to start working. We have an offer to work with Windows Mobile, but we're waiting answers from different OS companies.

This is a short entry to all those who continue visiting us although there were no activity in the last weeks. Thanks mates! and again sorry!

1 month: Thank you so much!

One month's gone... and to celebrate it... that incredible peak!


Wow!!! 294 visits from meneame in just one day.

Thanks for this. We're glad of being visited by so many people from this. We've received visits from several cities of Spain and also from so different countries all around the world: USA, Mexico, Argentina, UK, France, Germany, Japan, Russia and so on... We hope you enjoy our blog and of course, you've learned a little.

We want to see all of you surfing our web and leaving comments to make this blog a good way to have fun, enjoy and share ideas all together, so we'll work hard for make it possible.

First step

Well, now we have to choose our platform to develop the project. We have several options.

The first one is Apple and the iPhone, Apple has recently published the last version of the SDK. The iPhone is a great device (maybe the best) but the SDK provided is a little bit limited (we can’t code in PC e.g.), and we are not convinced by the policy of accepting applications to the iTunes Store.


The second one is Android. Google has announced some days ago the G1 with the support of T-Mobile. We think that the SDK is open and powerful, on the other hand we could use the services of Google natively. The applications are made in Java, an easy language and flexible at the same time.


The last one is Windows Mobile that is on the market longer than Apple and Google, but we believe that the power of movement of Apple and Google is higher than Microsoft, maybe because the applications of windows mobile is more focus on companies and businesses and the others is for everyone.

We are considering that the best option is Android, what do you think?

Welcome to The ARLIM project!!!

Hi!

Welcome to The ARLIM project blog, where you can find information about the world of augmented reality and live information through mobile devices. That's our idea for this site but, also, it's a way to show all the people our progress with our university project.

To resume it, we'll develop an application that allows everyone, who has a mobile device with camera, to obtain live information and access to specified Internet WebPages while viewing the real world through their cameras. That information will be shown thanks to the augmented reality technology, which consists in combine virtual images and the real ones.

We'll upload this blog with more information about the world of augmented reality, mobile devices and other stuff related to our project. Sometimes in an expert way for programmers; other times easier as a gesture for those who are not familiar with code, IT and so on.

We know it's gonna be tough due to the complexity of the overall idea, but we'll try to give the best of ourselves to reach this aim.

We hope you can learn and have fun with us.

So, as I said before, welcome!