Back around July of last year, Qualcomm launched a software development kit for building Augmented Reality apps on Android. The idea was to allow Android developers to build all sorts of crazy AR stuff without having to reinvent the wheel by coding up their own visual-recognition system. It is, for lack of a better word, awesome.
And now it’s available for iOS.
The next phase of the web will be ruled by mobile. It’s already happening. Just think about how many killer apps and products are mobile-first or mobile-only. This Friday right before our 6th annual summer party at August Capital, we’ll be holding a half-day Mobile First CrunchUp to talk about where are we in terms of creating mobile products and why so many startups are going after mobile before they even create a desktop Web product. How do the current platforms help or hinder this progress? What new mobile experiences are being created? And how are startups going to make money from all of this?
Our speakers will include mobile founders, engineers, and VCs from Instagram, Foursquare, Kleiner Perkins, Android, Tango, and more (see full agenda below). If you want to buy tickets, we sold out immediately. But you will be able to watch it streamed live right here on TechCrunch starting at 1PM PT on Friday. Please join us. However, we still do have some tickets for the August Capital summer party afterwards. Our last set of 100 tickets are on sale now.
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