Sean Toohey

I've had an iPhone for almost a year now but I'm not a fan of paying for Apps, and I have only ever purchased one for Geocaching . But today I found that fellow Augmented reality proponent, James Alliban ,  has released a very cool and clever app for the iphone called Fracture . Fracture allows you to paint cubist style portraits using your own photos. Aesthetics employed by abstract masters such as Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque have been studied and recreated in this fun creative app. Simply use your camera or search your image gallery for 1 or more photos, adjust the settings to your specification and you are ready to start painting So if you a fan of Cubist paintings or just like to mess with photos on your phone, go out and grab a copy of Fracture on iTunes .

Adidas augmented reality kicks are about to hit stores in February, here's a teaser:

I spent many years developing Flash toys for the web, here's a great example of taking a Flash action script and adding it to Augmented Reaility. I will post some of my own versions soon: Great use of AR and Flash by James Alliban

Esquire Magazine is featuring Augmented Reality in their December Issue, here is a promo video. Unfortunately, interaction with the AR edition requires a plug-in and web cam, but it looks like an interesting use of the traditional and new media. More info can be found on their AR website .