This looks like a promising application by dutch company SPRXmobile. They created world’s first augmented reality browser for a mobile phone. Layar is a free application that shows you what is around you by displaying real time digital information on top of reality though the camera of the mobile phone. By holding the phone in front of you like a camera information is displayed on top of the camera display view.

Layar will be available for the T-Mobile G1, HTC Magic and other Android phones in Android Market before July 1st 2009 and more details will be presented next week on mobile 2.0

the NIGZ-Donorvoorlichting is using web based augmented reality in the Netherlands. All youths born in 1990 received a donor form that comes alive when they go to the website. via augmented times

Your zone is a new section on the walmart website for teens/tweens. The website show Designing tips and ideas, augmented reality and a 3D room configurator give shoppers the ability to customize a room that expresses their style, taste and personality. Via Rockfish

Nice concept by the Augmented Environments Lab, ARhrrrr is an augmented reality shooter for mobile camera-phones. The phone provides a window into a 3d town overrun with zombies. Point the camera at a special game map to mix virtual and real world content. Their primary motivation for this AR game was to explore fast-action first-person augmented reality, where the camera controls and movement that would typically require a mouse and keyboard are handled directly by simply moving the device. Advanced tracking technology allows the player to quickly zoom in and out and view the world at steep angles, making this a highly interactive and engaging game. Finally, the Lab wanted to test tangible input mechanics, such as placing and shooting Skittles to trigger in-game events.

Bring the magic of the cup final home by lifting the virtual FA Cup. Nice project using augmented reality

We try clothes on before we buy them, why can´t we do the same with furniture? Great concept by Robin Westergren an art director student from Berghs School of Communication Sweden. He uses augmented reality to decorate a room with IKEA furniture so you can see the decorated room before you buy the furniture. The project is submitted for the Future Lions 2009 try it yourself on his website.

I like Foosball and this is the way to finally solve the problem of having only 3 balls for a Euro. The Space Foosball is a tangible tabletop implementation of the foosball game. Players can play the virtual foosball game in a simulated soccer-field with intuitive man/machine interfaces. Created by human interface designer Yunsil Heo more information on the website

Nice Project by  digital artist Lukasz Karluk and Sydney sculptor/painter Maddi Boyd. The aim was to build an interactive graffiti painting (bombing) called “TimeBomb.” Over four days nine urban artists contributed to the TimeBomb piece: DMOTE, Ben Frost, Kid Zoom, Numskull, Roach, Creon, John Doe, Bennett and KissKiss. Painting layers upon layers of different styles, their work was documented through time-lapse photography, creating an animated film of the whole process. The final installation will feature two giant graffiti walls suspended in the museum. One wall will be the real painting, the other a projected film double. The visitors’ physical movements in the museum can then control this film, going backwards in time, revealing the now-covered layers of graffiti.

Boffswana shows a sneak peak demo video of their Augmented Reality technology in it’s standalone (desktop application) form. The application is able to push a much larger amount of detail into the scene than a Flash based version, with 30,000+ polygons. The standalone version of Releas3D allows them to produce much richer environments, as well as providing the user a version which they can use without requiring internet connectivity.

Parque is an interactive installation created by Rui Madeira it has an ecological message where the growth of a forest is determined by the amount of attention it receives. By making upwards movements with their bodies, children can create new trees or grow existing ones. If a tree is left unattended for too long it will shrink and eventually disappear.