Total Immersion Releases Augmented Reality Game SkinVaders

Time to Save Face! (Literally!) As Aliens Invade Your Face
in The First Game to Bring Players Physically into the Game

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 20, 2011 Total Immersion, the global leader in augmented reality, today released SkinVaders™, a fun game for all ages available as a free download for the iPhone®, iPad2® and iPod touch® at App Store(SM) at http://www.itunes.com/apps/skinvaders.

Created with Total Immersion’s D’Fusion® Studio Augmented Reality (AR) platform, SkinVaders is the first game to fully leverage AR literally bringing players into the game—by transforming their faces into game terrain over which alien invaders, known as SkinVaders, battle it out for total domination. To defeat the SkinVaders, players eradicate invading aliens by tapping on them and popping the eggs laid by the invaders.

With 9 levels and a variety of SkinVaders, all the action takes place on the face of the player.  Pictures are automatically snapped during the process incorporating the 3D graphics, making them fun to share with friends and family. The stakes are high:  It’s time for players to save face.

“SkinVaders demonstrates a world of possibility created by Total Immersion’s powerful augmented reality platform D’Fusion Studio,” said Bruno Uzzan, CEO of Total Immersion. “Players are literally brought into the game as they fight the invasion of SkinVaders intent on taking over their face. The markerless tracking and rendering are so sophisticated that players can suspend belief, deeply engaging in the most personal, realistic and real-time augmented reality experience on the market today.”

About Total Immersion

Total Immersion (www.t-immersion.com) is the global leader in augmented reality. Through its patented D’Fusion® technology, Total Immersion blurs the line between the virtual world and the real world by integrating real time interactive 3D graphics into a live video stream. Leading the augmented reality category since 1999, the company maintains offices in Europe (France, Germany and UK), North America and Asia. Total Immersion supports the world’s largest AR Partner network, with a diversified portfolio of over 120 best of breed solution providers worldwide.

Since its inception, Total Immersion has led the industry in AR technology with over 1,000 executed augmented reality solutions for Fortune 500 name brands and organizations and partnerships with the world’s most prominent technology companies including Adobe®, Intel® and KDDI.

CONTACT:

Tiffany Spencer

Total Immersion (US)

TiffanyLynnSpencer@t-immersion.com

+1-310-795-1806

“Volkswagen Virtual Golf Cabriolet” in Mobile and iPad Augmented Reality App

The Golf Cabriolet is finally back after 9 years of absence, since production stopped in 2002 after 23 years of success.

Amongst all brands and types, soft-tops have always enjoyed a significant attraction and the challenge still remains to present the latest vehicles as quickly as possible for the general public to discover and enjoy.

The Agency  “Agence .V.”  has thought hard of a most efficient way to put the new model on show at dealers although it is not yet available. They came up with the use of Augmented Reality. This is how it now possible to discover the new version of this old favorite.

In the dealer’s showroom, visitors are either invited to upload the Volkswagen Virtual Golf Cabriolet application on their iPhone or a Smartphone (iPhone and Android), or the authorized dealer provides them with an iPad with the application already loaded.

Once the application is launched the user is able to view and experience the vehicle as if it on site. A wealth of possibilities is offered, such as opening the roof, turning the car, checking details, changing the body colour or the style of the rims.

Offering the opportunity to virtually display the new Golf Cabriolet in full size from a Smartphone is an innovation which requested, from Total Immersion, beyond the limit technologies in Augmented Reality.

“Promoting a legendary model such as the Golf Convertible for its revival through our Augmented Reality technology has been a really exciting challenge because it represents the first Augmented Reality car showroom on iPad2 in the world.” says Bruno Uzzan, CEO of Total Immersion.

This application fully created by C4M has also been developed for the experience to be triggered from various supports including, press advertising, postal card and internet web site.

Available on french Appstore (iPhone/iPad 2) and Android Market .

Credits :
Agence .V. (http://www.agence-v.com/)
Art Director : Christian Vince
Copywriter : Charlotte Bocher
Artistic director : Nicolas Martinie
Augmented Reality Studio : C4M
Video Director : Igal Kohen

First iPad 2 App “AR Magic Mirror” is Now Available for Free on iTunes!

The first AR application for the iPad 2 is now available for free on iTunes.

Thanks to the new iPad’s front camera, users can try on a selection of wacky virtual hairstyles, glasses and accessories. The back camera can also be used to try these crazy looks on others.

Users are filmed by the camera and 3D objects are added to the video in real time thanks to facial recognition.

At Total Immersion we are convinced that the new generation of tablets, led by the iPad 2, is a fantastic opportunity for developing new uses of Augmented Reality. As Bruno Uzzan, Co-founder and CEO of Total Immersion says, “With the portability, processing power and broad consumer adoption of the iPad 2, a simple face tracking app today could soon become an essential makeover tool with beauty products at retail.  Likewise a traditional game of online chess could become a massive, multiplayer game in the real world playing alongside vivid 3D characters and environments.”

Iphone and Ipad2 App RoyalMirror AR+ Featuring Will and Kate on Sales for The Royal Wedding

Total Immersion’s partner Aptronic unveils Augmented Reality Application for the royal wedding of Kate and Will.

Instantly transform yourself into Prince William or Princess Catherine in celebration of the Royal Wedding with the App Store’s first true live-video Augmented Reality face tracking app. This is more than just image manipulation… Blurring the line between reality and fantasy, RoyalMirror uses cutting-edge AR face recognition to track your movements and perform majestic transformations, all in real-time.

Whether it’s a prince you or a princess friend, take photos of the action and share the nobility on Facebook or via email. Save photos to your camera roll, or even assign them as a friend’s contact picture for a sovereign surprise every time they call! Weren’t born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth? Not to worry; be a royal for the day with RoyalMirror AR+.

Total Immersion Develops First Ipad 2 Augmented Reality Application

Front and Rear-Facing Camera Features Enable A Whole New Level of Interactivity

LOS ANGELES, CA (March 14, 2011) –Total Immersion, the global leader in augmented reality, revealed today the first augmented reality application developed for the iPad 2.  This playful application titled, “AR Magic Mirror” gives users a selection of wacky virtual hairstyles, glasses and accessories to try on, or to try on their friends.  The app uses facial recognition to identify the user and apply virtual 3D enhancements to their video image in real time through augmented reality functionality.  “AR Magic Mirror” is planned to be a free application available on iTunes.

 

Built on Total Immersion’s patented D’Fusion® platform, “AR Magic Mirror” is a preview of a segment poised for significant growth. “This second generation iPad will be a key enabler to what we will soon see in a massive range of powerful augmented reality applications.” said Bruno Uzzan, Co-founder and CEO, Total Immersion.  “With the portability, processing power and broad consumer adoption of the iPad 2, a simple face tracking app today could soon become an essential makeover tool with beauty products at retail.  Likewise a traditional game of online chess could become a massive, multiplayer game in the real world playing alongside vivid 3D characters and environments.”