About the ARToolKit (虛擬擴增實境函式庫)

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　　ARToolKit was originally developed by Hirokazu Kato in 1999 and was released by the University of Washington HIT Lab. Currently it is maintained as an opensource project hosted on SourceForge with commercial licenses available from ARToolWorks. ARToolKit is a very widely used tracking library with over 160,000 downloads since 2004

　　ARToolKit is a computer vision tracking library that allows for the creation of augmented reality applications that overlay virtual imagery on the real world. To do this, it uses video tracking capabilities in order to calculate the real camera position and orientation relative to square physical markers in real time. Once the real camera position is known a virtual camera can be positioned at the same point and 3D computer graphics models drawn exactly overlaid on the real marker. So ARToolKit solves two of the key problems in Augmented Reality; viewpoint tracking and virtual object interaction.

(Surce: http://en.wikipedia.org/)

　　ARToolKit最初是由Hirokazu Kato 在1999年，並在華盛頓大學HIT 實驗室公佈。目前，它是保持作為一個開源項目在SourceForge (合作式軟件開發管理系統)與商業許可證可從 ARToolWorks。 ARToolKit是一個非常廣泛使用的AR函式庫。自2004年，已超過 160,000下載次數。

　　ARToolKit是電腦視覺函式庫，它可以創造增強實境應用，是以虛擬圖像覆蓋於現實世界。因此，它用視訊的跟踪能力，以便即時的計算出追蹤物體真正的物理資訊。一旦真正的網路攝影機的視角與虛擬的攝影機視角相對應，可以在同一位置點和3D模型計算出完全覆蓋於實際影像的虛擬位置。因此，ARToolKit解決了虛擬擴增實境"視點追踪"和"虛擬對象的交互效果"這兩個關鍵問題。

• SourceForge /是一套合作式軟件開發管理系統
• Augmented Reality / 虛擬擴增實境

GOOG DESIGN-Bamboo Fun Pen & Touch

Bamboo Fun Pen & Touch

結合了數位繪圖版和觸控版功能能有數位筆與觸控雙模式輸入的數位版

支援多點觸控手勢進行放大/縮小與旋轉圖像和16:10寬螢幕比例且如同紙張觸感的工作區域

來源:http://www.wacom.com.tw/bamboo/bamboo/

影像來源:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UigPWJT_lFk&feature=related

About The "Facebook for iPhone"

(Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook)
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iPhone App


The Facebook iPhone website was launched August 2007 and as of July 2008 over 1.5 million people use it regularly. A free application for the iPhone and iPod Touch named "Facebook for iPhone" was launched July 2008.Version 2.0 of this app was released in September 2008 and featured improved services such as being able to respond to friend requests and notifications.Version 3.0 was released in August 2009 and added features such as events, and uploading video with a iPhone 3GS.

在2007年八月FaceBook的iPhone版網站啟動了，2008年七月時有超過150萬的註冊用戶在使用它，2008年七月一個可以在iPhone和iPod Touch免費註冊且名為"Facebook for iPhone"應用程式誕生了。
2.0版的app程式在2008年9月推出特色在於改進了回應朋友的請求和通知的功能。

3.0版則在2009年八月發布而且增加了附加的功能像是活動和在iPhone 3GS上傳影片。

About The "PlayFish" - Part 1

Keyword: Playfish

(Source: www.wikipedia.org/wiki/playfish)

Playfish是一個社交遊戲( casual social games )公司。Playfish的遊戲集中發佈於社交網站( social networking service )如Facebook，MySpace，Bebo以及 iPhone。 

playfish is a developer of free to play casual social games that can be played on social networking platforms such as Facebook, MySpace, Bebo and iPhone, among others.