Blippar in the News: David Bowie Forever

This App Lets You Turn Your Selfie Into Ziggy Startdust
BT

"You can now have Ziggy Stardust hair and add that distinctive colour flash on your face with help from an image recognition app.

Blippar, which lets you scan objects and images to display related information around them, is paying tribute to David Bowie with a new update to their app that allows you to ‘blipp’ the famous image of David Bowie as Ziggy Stardust and and superimpose it on your own image to make you look more like Ziggy."

“There’s a bit of Ziggy in all of us, and that’s why we’re helping fans remember David fondly,” said Omaid Hiwaizi, the president of global marketing for Blippar.

The team at Blippar came up with the idea after noticing Bowie fans were sharing pictures of themselves on social media painted with the ‘Ziggy’ flash. Read More

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Holograms Are Coming to a High Street Near You
The Telegraph

"The Oxford-based company (WaveOptics) has just raised a “multi-million-pound” round from hi-tech backer Imperial Innovations, and industry specialist Robert Bosch Venture Capital, as well as Octopus Ventures, angels and its existing investor - one of the biggest companies in augmented reality - Blippar." Read More