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Source: ST-Ericsson
ST-Ericsson and metaio to Extend Collaboration in Mobile Augmented Reality
Aim to jointly explore new technologies and boost innovation in NovaThor(TM) based smartphones and tablets

GENEVE, CH, Sept 29, 2011 - (ACN Newswire) - ST-Ericsson, a world leader in wireless platforms and semiconductors, and metaio, a world leader in augmented reality solutions, announced today their commitment to intensify their collaboration to drive innovation in mobile augmented reality. The two companies intend to work together on joint research projects exploring new uses of technologies such as high-definition mobile augmented reality applications, use of multiple sensors and 3D stereoscopic imaging.

Augmented reality weaves real-world images with digital images, text and graphics. These technologies have started to gain more traction in mobile thanks to the availability of powerful smartphone and tablet devices, and are expected to play an increasingly important role in mobile applications as the computing, graphics and imaging capabilities of mobile devices rapidly evolve.

"We believe that increasing innovation efforts and joint research projects with metaio will considerably boost the number of mobile augmented reality applications available for smartphones and tablets," says Bjrn Ekelund, head of ecosystems and research at ST-Ericsson. "Our powerful and fast Nova(TM) and NovaThor(TM) platforms fully support metaio's mobile augmented reality software developer kit, which we can now offer to the growing Igloo community of mobile application developers".

"We have a history of collaboration and innovation with ST-Ericsson", comments Thomas Alt, CEO of metaio. "We will now be able to bring innovative and cool mobile augmented reality applications more quickly to ever-demanding mobile consumers."

Notes to editors

On September 26 and 27 in Munich, metaio organized "Inside AR 2011", one of the world's largest annual augmented reality events. ST-Ericsson participated in it, delivered a key note speech and showed live demonstrations of its powerful wireless platforms.

For more information on ST-Ericsson's community of developers, visit: www.igloocommuity.org

About ST-Ericsson

ST-Ericsson is a world leader in developing and delivering a complete portfolio of innovative mobile platforms and cutting-edge wireless semiconductor solutions across the broad spectrum of mobile technologies. The company is a leading supplier to the top handset manufacturers. It generated sales of about USD 2.3 billion in 2010. ST-Ericsson was established as a 50/50 joint venture by STMicroelectronics and Ericsson in February 2009, with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. www.stericsson.com , www.twitter.com/STEricssonForum

Nova, Thor and NovaThor are trademarked by ST-Ericsson.

About metaio

As the world-wide leader in Augmented Reality technology, metaio develops software products for visual interactive solutions between the real and the virtual world. Based on the software platform Unifeye, 3D-animations can be integrated seamlessly into live-video streams respectively into pictures of the user's real environment. Founded in February 2003, metaio currently employs 70+ people at two different locations. The company is headquartered in Munich with the subsidiary metaio Inc. located in San Francisco USA. metaio has been working with more than 450 renowned customers from different industries and geographical locations. Among them: BMW, Daimler, Siemens, Toyota, Peugeot, EADS, Bertelsmann, KUKA, LEGO, MINI, Popular Science, Focus Features and Volkswagen.

For further information, please contact:

Media Relations
Phone: +41 22 929 5819
Email: media.relations@stericsson.com

Investor Relations
Phone: +41 22 929 6973
Email: investor.relations@stericsson.com


Topic: Press release summary
Source: ST-Ericsson

Sectors: Wireless, Apps
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