17 12, 2011

Windows Android: error updating SDK tools revision 16

By |2016-01-12T21:08:57+02:00December 17th, 2011|android, technology|0 Comments

There is a possibility that SDK fails to update. This is a known issue since revision 8: http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=11989 Normally, you will be informed by the Android SDK Manager Log: Downloading Android SDK Tools, revision 16 Installing Android SDK Tools, revision 16 [post_tools_install.bat] Updating SDK Manager.exe [post_tools_install.bat]         0 file(s) copied. [post_tools_install.bat] Error: The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process. [post_tools_install.bat] Updating AVD Manager.exe [post_tools_install.bat]         1 file(s) copied. Installed Android SDK Tools, revision 16  The solution is simple: Ensure that your Explorer is closed and not/or not listing your SDK tools folder. It seems that explorer locks tools. Open a CMD window and go to your SDK tools folder. Run android.bat

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12 12, 2011

augmented reality platforms

By |2016-01-12T21:08:57+02:00December 12th, 2011|design, Interaction Design|0 Comments

Augmented reality is a term for a live direct or indirect view of a physical real-world environment which is augmented by virtual computer-generated imagery. Lately there is a large lamber of augmented reality applications and platforms that work on mobile smartphones and tablets. The applications are using a number of hardware components in order to produce the augmented reality environment. These include: screen, camera, GPS, compass, accelerometer, RFID reader etc. These are used together to identify the user’s location and field of view as well as understand its physical environment characteristics. From the collected data a number of calculations take place and  geographical position, direction, screen picture and the other various forms of data are laid over the camera view, like inserting an additional layer of visual information over your screen picture. The most well known platforms/applications are: Wikitude Wikitude was the world’s very first Augmented Reality Browser for smartphones in [...]

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