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[Jono Bacon <jono@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Sam,

Feel free to pass on the details to me at jono@xxxxxxxxxx.

   Jono

On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 4:32 PM, Sam Bull <sam.hacking@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I'm at GDC Europe this week. Talking to some of the people around, most
> of the businesses I talked to are excited about and interested in
> developing for Ubuntu Touch. Though few know much about it, some were
> completely unaware that you can already try it out.
>
> One I talked to was the Sphero 2.0 guys. Sphero is a really cool
> product, it's basically a remote control ball, you can control it with
> your phone. But, it also does some really good augmented reality stuff.
> In a demo they have, you control a beaver collecting cupcakes, where the
> beaver is the ball, but on the screen it appears to be a beaver running
> around. With a full API for writing apps/games using it, there's a lot
> of potential there. (It's really robust too)
>
> Another showing interest was Immersion with their haptic SDK. This
> allows game developers to use decent and subtle haptic feedback using
> really fine-grained vibration on supported devices.
>
> It might be an idea to get in contact with them, just as a bit of extra
> encouragement. Or, I could pass on some information tomorrow.
>
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