Business Process Empower your employees to be productive even when they’re out of the office. Develop iPhone apps that mobilize everything from expense reporting and time-off approvals to complete project management. With iPhone, managing day-to-day business tasks can be quick and simple. Training & Communication With iPhone/ iPad to train employees or sales channels, communicate important company-wide announcements, or demonstrate company’s latest innovation to customers or colleagues on the road. Field Sales & Service Optimize your mobile workforce with apps on iPhone that integrate with your existing backend infrastructure or refresh an outdated workflow. You can build rich iPhone applications to extend order entry, payment processing, customer service and help desk systems directly to your workforce in the field. Business Intelligence Users will be able to make better decisions, faster, with interactive and dynamic views into business critical information directly on their iPhone/ iPad.
: Online versions of print catalogs haven't taken off, but iPad versions, with embedded video, as well as the ability to browse and make purchases whenever it's convenient could be the next big thing.
Cars, furniture, shoes and apparel could all be customized in-store, with customers able to easily view and select colors, fabrics and finishes, and then place the special order. http://www.trendbird.co.kr/3877
Customers finding a jacket in one department could access recommendations for coordinating apparel and accessories in other departments.
: Now divided into an offline and online experience, iPad could enable customers to create registries from a store's entire inventory.
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/08/eight-great-tips-for-traveling-with-the-ipad/ Consumers are already shopping on their phones; it's only a matter of time before the iPad becomes another shopping tool.
http://www.apple.com/ipad/business/profiles/rehabcare/ http://www.apple.com/ipad/business/profiles/dr-ferencz/ If there’s any kind of wait before the appointment, staff provide them an iPad to check their email, surf the Internet, read the New York Times — all the rich content that’s available on iPad.
http://www.apple.com/ipad/business/profiles/rehabcare/ http://www.apple.com/ipad/business/profiles/dr-ferencz/ The iPhone/ iPad has a better larger interface for viewing one’s personal health records and may also find traction with hospice and visiting nurses teams that provide at-home care.
Product promotional activities like specialty menu, making spa appointments, hotel reservation etc..
http://apcmag.com/hotels-add-ipad-to-the-room-service-menu.htm At Hong Kong’s Langham Place hotel you can add a high-tech twist to your holiday by hiring an iPad to act as your city guide.
http://www.travelinggreener.com/ipad-apps/naumi-hotel-singapore/ Naumi guests can access information including destination attractions, company profile, facilities’ photos and menus. While dining or waiting for clients, guests can surf the Internet, read their local newspaper paperlessly or play interactive games. They can also give their guest feedback online when they check out.
Surface – The most understandable form of ‘reality that is augmented’ would be screens, floors, walls etc that respond to the touch of people in them providing them with virtual real time information or collaboration Museums, Shopping mall, Exhibition http://www.mobilebehavior.com/tag/augmented-reality/
Pattern – The AR performs simple pattern recognition on a shape, marker (usually on a framed card in the real world scene) or face and replaces it with a static or moving element e.g: a 3D model, info, audio, video stream or loop etc: You view the ‘items’ in the scene with you . Education, Entertainment http://www.computergraphica.com/2006/12/20/osgart-10-augmented-reality-software-development-kit/ http://blog.theflashblog.com/?p=984
Outline – This is where your hand, eye or body outline is picked up and seamlessly ‘merged’ with the virtual elements. Simple example where you can pick up a 3D object that doesn’t exist because the system is tracking your hand outline. Augmented ID http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/09/video-tats-augmented-reality-concept-unveiled/
Location – Based on detailed GPS or triangulation location & position/view of the camera/ device the AR system can overlay information precisely over buildings or people as you move through real space. http://www.pestaola.gr/acrossair-nearest-tube-augmented-reality-iphone-app/ http://technabob.com/blog/2009/08/28/dishpointer-augmented-reality-iphone-3gs-app/
Hologram – Using ‘smoke & spinning mirrors’ literally in some cases, virtual or real items are ‘projected’ into the physical space you are in and can be interactive with based on cameras tracking real world impulses e.g: hand gestures or audio signals http://ilab.cs.ucsb.edu/index.php/component/content/article/10/25