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		<title>Can Layar become an on-the-road-search tool?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 01:02:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You all know Layar of course, it can&#8217;t be missed. The new tool made by SPRX Mobile is as the say themselves &#8216;the first mobile augmented reality browser&#8217;. Next week there will be a first devcamp with Bruce Sterling setting the context. And that is interesting because I think the approach of Layar is showing [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=targetisnew.com&amp;blog=4318105&amp;post=336&amp;subd=iskandr&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You all know <a href="http://www.layar.com">Layar</a> of course, it can&#8217;t be missed. The new tool made by <a href="http://www.sprxmobile.com/">SPRX Mobile</a> is as the say themselves &#8216;the first mobile augmented reality browser&#8217;. Next week there will be a first devcamp with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Sterling">Bruce Sterling</a> setting the context. And that is interesting because I think the approach of Layar is showing different models for a new emerging augmented world.<br />
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The way SPRX Mobile approached the market gives the idea they heading for a role as enabler for mobile augmented services provides by content providers. Just like <a href="http://www.wikitude.org/">Wikitude</a> they offer an of-the-shelve solution for building augmented apps on the Android, and <a href="http://twitter.com/erwblo/statuses/3214400995">soon also for the iPhone</a>. Different to Wikitude is the attention to the user experience, both in interaction and visual information design. </p>
<p>But there is another important difference: Layar is positioned as a brand on its own, as a tool you should use if you are looking for augmented information. We have seen this happening before with the start of the mobile internet; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I-mode">i-mode</a> of KPN was the portal to the mobile web. </p>
<p>I don&#8217;t think (and hope) however Layar wants to be the new i-mode. Of course it can be a leveraging strategy to open the marketplace of augmented content, which is happening right now with all the press attention. But in the end such propriety solutions with closed content are hard to make a success.</p>
<p>More interesting would it be if Layar could become a kind of on-the-road search tool. A start for finding answers to location based questions when you are on-the-road. All questions with the paradigm: Where around me can I find [...] now?</p>
<p>In this question you find also the choice for the type of augmented approach. You can discuss what defines an application as augmented. It should add a virtual smart layer to the real world context. You can differ two axes. Object triggered vs. impulse driven, and remixing reality vs. adding context </p>
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<li>Object triggered, point and enrich: I see this object, point the mobile device to it and a layer with extra data out of the cloud is projected on the object. For example the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tb0pMeg1UN0">TAT augmented ID app</a>.</li>
<li>Impulse driven: I want something to know, related to my position and find the information plotted on the reality.</li>
<li>Remixing reality add a virtual representation of real content on the actual live footage and combine this to one reality. Think of the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2uH-jrsSxs">Tube finder</a>.</li>
<li>Adding context plots extra information based on your position and uses the real images to help you find the right directions.</li>
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<p>It is clear that the current Layar app is positioned in the corner impulse driven/adding context. To be a successful service you should perform well on both elements of course. </p>
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<li>To fulfill the impulse as an on-the-road browser you want to have a complete search-experience. In every possible on-the-road search field there should be content. Therefor it is important to work together with content parties that offer localized complete content within one area. Like the ATM-finder that finds all ATM&#8217;s and not only the ones of one brand. </li>
<li>To fulfill the adding context need it is important to add real valuable content for the location and the moment of use. The example of Funda for finding houses where you can filter and especially directly can connect with the seller of the property is.</li>
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<p>In the ideal world an open model fill the search tool with all available content. The augmented Google. But the quality of the content and legal issues will give enough space for a more closed approach like Layar.<br />
It will be however still a difficult road to make it a top-of-mind on-the-road search tool. Finding the right content partners with generic data and keeping strong focus on an user driven approach. Lets hope Layar is heading to become a successful on-the-road search tool.</p>
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		<title>Hyves maakt Jaiku succesvol</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 07:10:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>iskandr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Op de Mobile Monday van afgelopen 1 september presenteerde Yme Bosma de toekomstvisie van Hyves. En die ging natuurlijk ook over mobiel. Hij gaat er vanuit dat er in de komende vijf jaar een volledige kanteling van gebruik zal zijn van PC naar mobiel. Logisch als de kern van je bestaan gaat over communicatie. Ze [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=targetisnew.com&amp;blog=4318105&amp;post=105&amp;subd=iskandr&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Op de Mobile Monday van afgelopen 1 september presenteerde <a href="http://yme.nl">Yme Bosma</a> de toekomstvisie van Hyves. En die ging natuurlijk ook over mobiel. Hij gaat er vanuit dat er in de komende vijf jaar een volledige kanteling van gebruik zal zijn van PC naar mobiel. Logisch als de kern van je bestaan gaat over communicatie.</p>
<p>Ze hebben een nieuwe mobiele applicatie ontwikkeld die binnen enkele maanden uit de alphafase moet zijn. Als je <a href="http://www.marketingfacts.nl/berichten/20080902_momo_yme_bosma_over_de_nieuwe_mobiele_hyves_applicatie/">hoort</a> wat de features zijn dan kun je alleen maar <a href="http://twitter.com/iskandr/statuses/905893339">concluderen</a> dat ze heel goed hebben gekeken naar de oorspronkelijke versie van Jaiku. Niet de website en Twitter adept die het nu is, maar de <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/35237094214@N01/728025660/">mobiele applicatie</a> die een merge was met het contactboek. </p>
<p>De kern van de nieuwe Hyves applicatie lijkt te worden gebouwd rond de contactenlijst in Hyves, ze willen een communicatiehub worden, en hopen natuurlijk een applicatie te bouwen die de mobiele gebruiker als <a href="http://www.erwinblom.nl/2008/09/03/hyves-op-de-mobiel-wordt-killer-app-als-kruispunt-van-alle-communicatie/">startpunt</a> gaat gebruiken. En net als bij Jaiku is het idee dat deze contacten worden verrijkt met allerlei locatiegerelateerde diensten. </p>
<p>Interessante toevoeging is de bluetooth scan van je omgeving die toevoegen. Ik neem aan dat ze die op basis van <a href="http://roomwareproject.org/">Roomware</a> bouwen en dat beloofd dan een mooie functie te worden. Waar Nokia vergeefs in 2005 <a href="http://iskandr.wordpress.com/2005/06/13/perfect-match/">een dergelijke functie</a> introduceerde een aantal jaar geleden, denk ik dat Hyves wel een grote kans heeft dit succesvol te introduceren.</p>
<p>Want dat is natuurlijk de interessante vraag: waarom zal Hyves het wel lukken waar Jaiku en Nokia faalde. Dat is de voorsprong van de gebruikersgroep. De Jaiku toepassing was magisch, maar met maar een of twee andere gebruikers in je vriendengroep schiet de dienst niet op. De gigantische installed base van Hyves zal daarmee deze diensten wel relevant kunnen maken.</p>
<p>En daarmee zal de eigenlijke strategie van Hyves nog kansrijker kunnen worden. Uiteindelijk zal het businessmodel van Hyves draaien om het vullen van de relevante profielen van de gebruikers. Voor leveranciers van gratis functionaliteit is het bedenken van toepassingen die de profielen van gebruikers verrijken de essentie van het bestaan. De mobiele applicatie is daarin uiteraard van onschatbare waarde. </p>
<p>De vraag daarbij is of ze het ook gaat lukken om het profiel door de gebruikers ook als indentiteitshub te gaan gebruiken in andere online toepassingen. Dat vraagt nog een volgende stap: compatabiliteit en openheid van de profielen voor de gebruiker.</p>
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