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Some of the data most recently released by the IDC has shown that the country is holding strong in shipments.

The International Data Corporation (IDC) has now released its Worldwide Quarterly Tablet Tracker report, which has shown that the Philippines is experiencing extremely strong tablet commerce in terms of the number of those devices that were shipped to the country during the first quarter of this year.

This indicates that the Philippines is an extremely important market among emerging countries.

The IDC data points directly at the Philippines in terms of being highly important for tablet commerce sales. When all is said and done, there were 598,375 of these mobile devices shipped during this year’s first quarter. This represents a massive growth when compared to the same quarter, in 2013. The year over year increase is estimated to be 110 percent, which represents the highest growth among all Southeast Asian countries.

There are certain players that have stood out among the rest in terms of tablet commerce sales.

At the moment, in the Philippines, it is Apple and Samsung that are holding the lead in terms of tablet sales in the country. The largest number of sales was achieved by Samsung, with Apple holding the second place. That said, those international players continue to face a growing level of competition from local manufacturers.

Vendors from the Philippines are starting to build a considerable amount of strength within their own country. Among the strongest, two that are currently standing out include Starmobile and Cherry Mobile. These two companies have managed to make quite the name for themselves by using powerful mobile marketing campaigns that include endorsements from some of the top celebrities in that part of the world.

According to IDC Philippines associate market analyst, Jerome Dominguez, who made a statement about the tablet commerce achievements in the country, “Backed by cash-rich marketing and A-list celebrity endorsements, Cherry Mobile and Starmobile continue to feed the appetite of Filipino consumers for budget-friendly tablets. The rising demand for tablets from these homegrown players will keep the Philippines tablet market on a growth trajectory in 2014.”

GravitySketch tablet helps to simplify digital design.

The unique mobile device allows users to design and draw in 3D on a tablet equipped with an embedded Arduino chip, a pair of augmented reality glasses and an infrared stylus, allowing them to create their sketches in a digital format without having to transfer a design drawn on paper to a computer.

Users of the tablet can edit, rotate and expand what they create with the stylus while wearing the AR glasses.

Users of GravitySketch make a drawing with an infrared stylus on a gridded perspex pad. The chip and Unity software within the tablet track the stylus and switch the sketches into a three dimensional format. The image that results is sent to Laster AR glasses, which show the design as a 3D object. One or more users can then manipulate or alter the image.

GravitySketch first started in October 2013. It was invented by Pierre Paslier, Guillaume Couche, Oluwaseyi Sosanya, and Daniela Paredes Fuentes, four of London’s College of Art students. The students were inspired to create the digital pad after they surveyed several creators and discovered that for a great number of these individuals, a pencil and a pad of paper is often the simple tools that are used during the initial creative process. It is not until the creator reaches the point of attempting to convert their original vision into a final product that they use a computer.

It is the hope of the team behind the augmented reality tablet that they will be able to bring the two creative processes together, which would lower the barrier that exists between the initial vision and the practical outcome.

The augmented reality device is likely to benefit more than just designers.

It is very likely that 3D interfaces, like that GravitySketch will be found highly useful for various purposes. For instance, it could be utilized by surgeons, who could upload the image of a ligament or bone, and give the surgeons the ability to draw necessary surgical fixtures directly on the image. On the other hand, it could be used in industrial settings for collecting and utilizing data hands-free or even in augmented reality gaming, among other applications.