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Augmented reality job searching launched by Nokia

| July 30, 2013

The mobile phone giant is now offering an entirely new employment seeking experience in the U.K.

Nokia has just announced the launch of JobLens, an augmented reality job searching experience that is available in the United Kingdom to bring together businesses seeking talent and individuals seeking work.

The company is now enlisting young entrepreneurs in the U.K. to build new businesses.

The JobLens app was created for Windows Phone 8 and assists its users in searching for employment within their local area. The application applies augmented reality technology to help to point out exactly where the job is located with respect to a user’s current location. The app also uses AR tech to display information about the company that is currently hiring and that has posted the position.

The augmented reality application also uses social media marketing to help to boost its efficacy.

It works by tapping into the social networking profiles of the user. This can include Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Windows Live. This broadens the augmented reality experience by helping to point out the friends on their lists that may help them to make a connection with the hiringmanager at a company of interest.

Should the opportunity form in which the augmented reality app user is invited to apply for the job, then he or she will be able to submit his or her resume with the hiring company by way of their Microsoft SkyDrive account. If an interview result from the application, then the app can offer directions to the applicant so that he or she can arrive quickly and easily to the meeting.

At a London event last week, Nokia provided 30 entrepreneurs from the not for profit Entrepreneur First program with a detailed JobLens augmented reality app overview. They were also challenged to build their new businesses through the use of this tool.

The entrepreneur using the augmented reality app will also be heading to meet with people from the education and employment services as well as with the government. This will help him or her to be able to discover the hurdles that are being faced within certain constituencies and how the app may be helpful in allowing them to more effectively achieve their goals.

Augmented reality app brings a car manual to life

| June 3, 2013

A new mobile application from Inglobe Technologies turns a smartphone into an interactive guide.

Though not yet on the market, Inglobe Technologies has developed a unique smartphone app that has the potential to revolutionize the driver’s experience when small repairs or basic maintenance is required.

The application provides the vehicle owner with instructions for a number of different tasks.

The augmented reality app is designed to allow the user to look through the screen of the smartphone and see the engine of his or her own car, with its main components clearly labeled and with steps to guide him or her though various maintenance tasks, such as checking or changing oil.

This augmented reality development could revolutionize the experience of having a car break down.

Instead of being left entirely bewildered on the side of the road, the augmented reality features of the app could show drivers how to go about fixing minor problems. They could also improve the way that they maintain their vehicles, simply because they will be able to accomplish a number of smaller tasks without having to bring it to the mechanic. This could potentially reduce the risk of a break down by the vehicle.

The components of an engine are labeled by the augmented reality app in real time. Moreover, it provides animations of how and where to check the oil and top up fluid levels. That said, it isn’t involved to the degree that it could be used for rebuilding an engine. The purpose of the app is not to replace a good mechanic.

Instead, it gives drivers a boost in their knowledge and in their confidence regarding a number of the tasks that they could do themselves, provided that they know where to find the right components of the engine, and that they learn the steps that need to be followed.

Augmented reality provides a considerable advantage over the user’s manual of the vehicle – or even step by step instructions written in text with images. It eliminates the need to “visualize”, as it demonstrates the process using the vehicle’s own engine, directly in front of the user.