Everyone can easily create Worlds for Wikitude 4 with their own logo and branding. Read to following instructions and hints how to create your own World!

What is a „World“?

Wikitude World Browser provides a whole bunch of new geo-located information-services (so called “Worlds”), like Youtube, Google Local Search, Twitter, Booking.com or Panoramio. Worlds contain points of interest – they need to provide longitude and latitude and can include text, image, link, contact details. For example one Worlds could present all cafes of a city, favorite shops or touristic places of a town. Find some showcases of Worlds here!

The user can search through all available Worlds at the same time!

Info:

www.wikitude.me
Content-Developer Network – contact: content (at) wikitude.org

Here is a Step-by-Step „how to“ to create your own World by uploading a KML file

1. Create Content with Google Earth / choose an existing KML file
2. Export KML file / → 3.
3. Go to wikitude.me
4. Log in with your twitter, facebook, google or yahoo account
5. Select „upload KML“ file
6. Write a short title and description
7. Create a nice marker icon (32px x 32px transparent png) and a Logo (96px x 96px transparent png) which will be shown on the left bottom of the screen
8. Upload your information
9. View your overlay in AR!

Keep your file on your Server

NOTE: The content can also be integrated via a HTTP-Interface: Mobilizy will connect to this search-interface, provided by the company; the content can reside on any server, not necessarily on the Wikitude server.

Add more information to your World

Extended features like linking to your Website or adding contact details like telephone-numbers are available with ARML. E.g. Starbucks World Learn more about how to create an ARML here.

KML, ARML – What is it and what’s the difference?

What is KML?
KML is the Google Earth file format. It describes a place containing coordinates, description, image, links,… Similar to HTML describing Webpages, KML/ARML is describing Augmented Reality content.

How to create a KML File?
Use a KML generator like Google Earth and create your points of interest.

What is ARML and it’s advantage?
ARML is based on KML but it enables to add much more information to your point of interest e.g. Telephone-number, Address, Links, different icons and images.

How can I create an ARML?
Learn all about the ARML specification here http://www.openarml.org/

Content (“Worlds”) in Wikitude

The new version of Wikitude (out now for Android, iPhone coming soon), Wikitude is able to handle arbitrary geo-referenced content sources. Companies can use Wikitude itself to display the content with customized icons in the Augmented Reality camera view. This is completely free of charge.

The content can be integrated via a HTTP-Interface (Mobilizy will connect to this search-interface, provided by the company; the content can reside on any server, not necessarily on the Wikitude server) KML or ARML file (the files can be uploaded via a web interface, or the URL to a KML/ARML file can be registered to be crawled continuously; in either case, the content will be stored on the Wikitude server)
The main advantage of this option is that Wikitude already has a broad user base, so the content will be available to hundreds of thousands of users. Also, as Wikitude supports various platforms (currently Android, iPhone, Symbian), content will automatically be available on all platforms Wikitude supports, without any costs to the company.

Learn more about how to add your Overlay

Wikitude API

Mobilizy offers an API where developers can easily build their own AR application without reinventing the AR-wheel. The AR code itself is encapsulated in the API, the only thing the developer needs to do is adding the geo-referenced data (Points of Interest) to the API.

A complete tutorial and the API itself can be downloaded from www.wikitude.org/developers.

The API is currently available for Android and iPhone.

White Label Solution

This is the most customizable and extensive option. Mobilizy re-uses the Wikitude core functionality to build an entirely new application for the company. Nearly everything is customizable (content, splash screen, appearance of camera/map/list screen, enabling/disabling of Wikitude-features etc.), Mobilizy will charge the development costs per man day (for each platform requested), based on the specification of the application developed by the company and Mobilizy.
Examples of White Label Solutions include the Lonely Planet Compass, the IBM Seer and the Red Bull Hotspot Viewer.

If you are interested in a White Label Solution please do not hesitate to contact us via info (at) mobilizy.com

Content Type 1:
You would like to geo-tag your favorite bar or your shopping place?
Go to wikitude.me and geo-tag your favorite points of interest. Log in with your twitter, yahoo, google or facebook account and edit your POI list.
Geo-tagging is only online possible at the moment – a mobile version for geo-tagging your POIs from your mobile phone will be available soon.

Content Type 2:
You already have a whole punch of POIs because you are collecting information with address, pictures and description. For example a museum guide for a rainy day, a list of events in your city or a guide through your favorite places to have a pick-nick.
Upload your list of POIs as KML, the Google Earth format, or ARML with the form on wikitude.me.
(ARML – markup language for augmented reality applications based on KML). The easiest way to generate a KML: Create your POIs with Google Earth and export a KML file!

Content Type 3:
You are a content-service provider who is providing dynamic content such as: news, cinema timetables, event-guides, product-offers e.g.
Please contact us on content (at) wikitude.org

Content Type 4:
You would like to participate in our content-developer network to support other interested users with your knowledge of KML/ARML.
We are looking for ambitious people who help the AR community and become part of our certified network. Please contact us by mail: developer (at) wikitude.org

How to add content (pdf)

Find more details about adding content to Wikitude 4 here (pdf).

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With WIKITUDE.me we are all helping to shape the world as a platform by bringing geo-information, POIs and embedded media to the world around us.

“Geo-tag your world” You can add your own content, fast & easy and geo-tag the world with the WIKITUDE and display it in an augmented experience on mobile phones using the WIKITUDE World Browser. Also, you can register XML data and larger, more dynamic content sources by contacting Mobilizy directly.

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