#stiktu

Stiktu – kaap je eigen abri !?

Layar heeft sinds kort een nieuwe app op de markt – Stiktu. Met deze app kun je je eigen boodschap achterlaten en (laten) bekijken in augmented reality. 

Hoe werkt het? Je scant een plat voorwerp met Stiktu (zoals bijvoorbeeld een muur of een tijdschrift) en daar kun je je eigen ‘digitale graffiti’ overheen leggen. Er zijn veel voorbeeldgraphics, maar je kunt ook teksten toevoegen, of zelfs foto’s. 

Iedereen die met Stiktu na jou dezelfde lokatie scant, ziet automatisch jouw ‘kunstwerkje’ daar verschijnen. 

Uiteraard heeft Stiktu een groot fun-karakter, maar ook voor de zakelijke markt zijn er diverse mooie toepassingen. Denk bijvoorbeeld aan het plaatsen van een leuke actie op de pui van je winkel, of ‘kaap’ een abri, zoals wij in dit voorbeeld hebben gedaan.

Het zou wel mooi zijn, als Layar Stiktu doorontwikkelt, zodat je bijvoorbeeld een push-bericht ontvangt wanneer er in jouw omgeving Stiktu’s zijn die je kunt scannen. Maar op het eerste gezicht, ziet deze nieuwe toepassing er veelbelovend uit!

Layar’s social augmented reality app Stiktu now available worldwide Layar, the world’s leading mobile augmented reality provider, today announced the global release of Stiktu - a free mobile application that allows users to remix the real world. Stiktu is the social and user-generated equivalent of Layar, allowing users to add their own drawings, text, images and stickers to magazines, posters and more by simply scanning them with a smartphone. These creations can then be viewed by anyone who scans the same item. The social elements of Stiktu ensure that users can connect by discovering, liking, sharing and commenting on interesting posts.

“With Stiktu we really put the power of augmented reality in the hands of the people. I truly believe that this is the most innovative app currently available in any app store. Stiktu opens tremendous new possibilities to interact with the physical world around us. At Layar, we want to democratize space and Stiktu is the app to help us reach that mission.”

- Raimo van der Klein, co-founder of Layar.

In 2011, Layar began exploring new ways to liberate space and enable users to create their own augmented reality. Inspired by street art and other artistic and creative subcultures, Stiktu became a social network in which users can express themselves and view the creations of others. In December of last year, Stiktu was released to a select group of European countries, providing the opportunity to gather user feedback about the features and usage of the application.

“Over the past months, we have been focused on improving the user experience, and we have learned a lot from our users about their use of Stiktu. With every release, we have seen the levels of engagement growing as users return on a daily basis to create posts and interact with others. These numbers and incoming requests for a global release by people all over the world helped us decide to take this step and open up Stiktu to the rest of the world.”

- Maurice Groenhart, Product manager of Stiktu.

App de viernes con tecnología de realidad aumentada...

Stiktu 1.3 with Comments and More!

You asked for it, and we listened. Comments have come to Stiktu. We've received lots of feedback over the months about what you want to see in Stiktu, and by far, commenting has been at the top of the list. That’s why we’re happy to introduce commenting with Stiktu 1.3, available today for Android and iPhone!

(Click images to enlarge). Now when you come across a post you like, you can leave a comment and interact with other users in a new way. It’s more than just “Liking” a post, now you can express whatever opinion you want! When you leave a comment, whoever created the post will be notified, encouraging interaction. We also have a few interface changes that should make things easy and more friendly. The first of these is the Discovery page. Before we had small thumbnails that were hard to select or see. Now, the Discovery page features large thumbnails which you can scroll through. You can also quickly switch between popular users, popular posts and recent posts instead of viewing them all on one screen. And finally, we changed how you view the likes per post. Instead of a small list on the post’s main screen, we’ve created a new page that lists the users that have liked that post. This is more consistent with the rest of the app, and it allows you to quickly follow other users by tapping the button next to their name.

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Stiktu

iOS / Android app is social AR app with potential for fun.

Developed by Layer, it uses it's marker-free technology which can use any 2D image as a starting point for implementing virtual objects. In some ways, this is like a semi-real-world version of image remixing site canv.as, where images and visual memes can be altered and doctored by others - in Stiktu's case it is adding virtual stickers / text / sketches to media. You scan, say, a photographic advert, and can add your virtual objects / scribble. What makes this app different, though, is should you scan the same photographic advert, any virtual additions made by other users will appear in the app.

I think it has the potential to be a fun app, and it would be interesting to see what creativity others can come with it.

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