“SATCH-Ningen Contest” is one of the largest AR app contests in Japan, held by KDDI Corporation and Gijutsu-Hyohron Co., Ltd.
The competition attracted many developers and 100 different AR applications were developed using SATCH. The award ceremony was held on May 25th, 2012 in KDDI Designing Studio, Grand-Prix winner was awarded with 1-million yen.
Take a look at the 4 featured applications that attracted the most attention in the contest:
AR Roentgen
- Through the application, we can directly see the bone and blood circulating inside our body. It can applied to the educational and medical fields.
The Coloring Book (putting out)
- It's an AR gaming app featuring a very cute elephant.
5 Stars
- To check the book’s grading with your mobile, rating data is from Amazon.
Guns and Social
- Use your face to play quitar and drums.
And finally the AR Roentgen got the first prize and the Coloring Book got the first-runner-up prize. Because of the success of the competition, the organization is planning to hold the “2nd SATCH Ningen contest” again next year.
To view the event in full, visit: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/22835720
To learn more about SATCH, visit:
http://au-ar.jp/
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