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Augmented Reality Accelerometer Development Kit for Windows Phone 7

Augmented Reality Accelerometer Development Kit for Windows Phone 7

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Here’s a nice trick for all of the Windows Phone 7 developers out there building applications that use the accelerometer but don’t have a device or can’t test their apps on a real one. An Augmented Reality Accelerometer Kit is going to be released very soon and will enable developers to use a simple paper cutout in front of a camera to simulate the use of a real device. Check out the 2 videos demonstrations of the software in action below:

Thanks for the heads up Tasos!

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