As we move into Part 4 of our Five From Five mobile predictions from industry innovators in mobile Augmented Reality (AR), we reach out to Mobilizy, a pioneer in the space sharply focused on the development of location-based services and AR experiences for smartphones.
By way of background, Mobilizy -- the company behind the world-first Wikitude World mobile AR browser -- recently launched an app that is a leap ahead of other turn-by-turn navigation systems. Wikitude Drive (available in Austria, Germany and Switzerland) is a fully functional mobile AR navigation system with global coverage that uses AR andthe smartphone camera view to offer the driver navigation instructions.
Conversational Advertising is the agreed messaging-based communication between people and the brands they want to hear from. It's also the title of a report from mobileSquared, a U.K.-based firm with a sharp (and unique) focus on in mobile engagement research.
It's good to note the new term ("Conversational Advertising") because its a marketing approach that will grow importance in 2011, driven by people's desire to control their personal data and the aim of brands and agencies to establish an on-going dialogue with consumers and brand advocates.
Robert Rice -- author, serial entrepreneur, futurist and mobile Augmented Reality (AR) expert/enthusiast -- is the second in our series of five innovators stepping up to offer predictions for 2011.
Robert is also the CEO of Neogence Enterprises, the company behind Mirascape, a location-based mobile platform that connects people, places, and things. The company is low-key but Robert's Skype profile gives us a glimpse of how disruptive he intends to be. It reads: "Mobile Augmented Reality. I'm going to change the world :)" I greatly look forward to following developments at Robert's company -- and I'm certain the impact will be seismic.
People want what they want. As a result, they have come to expect – even demand – content and services in tune with their lifestyles and life stages. On mobile – the fiercely personal device we take with us everywhere – the requirement for relevancy is even greater, which is why personalization is poised to become a mobile megatrend. Put another way, personalized recommendations and schemes that effectively expose us to the content we are most likely to appreciate (content ranging from websites to marketing messages to mobile apps) are gaining traction.
One mobile operator that "gets" the strategic importance of personalization (if only to satisfy our own requirement for convenience and reduce the heavy-lifting when it comes to choosing our entertainment) is CSL, the leading mobile operator in Hong Kong with 2.6 million subscribers.
Today we step up our coverage of the mobile code space with Laura Marriott, the acting CEO of NeoMedia Technologies. You may recall Laura's take on barcode trends and her list of 2011 industry predictions, which we published here in late December as part of the popular and viral Five From Five series showcasing the top five mobile code predictions from five of the leading barcode companies.
I caught up with Laura to discuss her view of the market (she predicts exponential growth of mobile codes and some agreement around methodology and standards) and get the inside track on progress with recent partnerships (including an update on the the tie-up with Buongiorno).
A year ago this monththe world witnessed a massive earthquake shook Haiti, and the citizens of the world, to their core. The extent of the damage following the disaster on January 12, 2010, quickly reached cataclysmic proportions. An estimated three million people were affected by the quake. The Haitian government also reported 230 thousand people died, 300 thousand were injured and 1 million were made homeless.
The earthquake also triggered a global response and a mobile awakening, moving mobile giving -- using our mobile phones to make donations to causes such as earthquake relief -- to the top of our minds and to the fore of the mobile industry agenda.
The Netsize Guide, that I write in partnership with Netsize (now a Gemalto company), is a comprehensive annual industry report, documenting the state of the global mobile content and services market. This year I focus on the case studies, business models and future scenarios that illustrate the profound impact mobile is having on all aspects of our daily lives and our global society. From new services aimed at achieving socioeconomic development goals in emerging markets, to the advance of smartphone features that support Augmented Reality applications that merge the physical and digital worlds around us, to the advance of mobile into new vertical industry sectors and disciplines, I show how mobile is moving us a giant step closer to a new Renaissance.
The Netsize Guide, that I write in partnership with Netsize (now a Gemalto company), is a comprehensive annual industry report, documenting the state of the global mobile content and services market. This year I explore the role of mobile in society and examine how companies are beginning to harness mobile and key features such as GPS, a built-in payment, and device capabilities to collect and transmit real-time data about what we browse and buy to create a new state of hyper-connectedness. The Netsize Guide features 34 interviews with industry senior executives at leading companies including Blyk, Coca-Cola, Facebook, Fox Mobile Group, Greystripe, MCN, Nokia, Sony BMG, YouTube, and Zed, to name a few.
I join with Netsize (now a Gemalto company) to produce a comprehensive annual industry report and almanac, documenting the state of the global mobile content and services market. On the 10th anniversary of Netsize, this edition of the Guide features the results of a survey of 1,800+ mobile communications professionals from 79 countries. It also features excerpts and insights from interviews I conducted with 25 c-level executives at leading companies including eBay, google, HighCo., Jamba, MSN, Nokia, PayPal, Visa, Vivendi Mobile Games, and Vodafone—to name a few.
As we move into Part 4 of our Five From Five mobile predictions from industry innovators in mobile Augmented Reality (AR), we reach out to Mobilizy, a pioneer in the space sharply focused on the development of location-based services and AR experiences for smartphones.
