Our Connected Traveler Technology Showcase at the New York Times Travel Show. Look for us in 2013 at both the NY Times and Los Angeles Times Travel Shows. Take a look at some of the fascinating demo videos we shot on the spot.
Imagine a travel billboard a work of art or even a business card coming to life as you point your smartphone at it. That's the idea behind Aurasma, the augmented reality platform demonstrated at The Connected Traveler Technology Showcase. http://www.aurasma.com
Travelers love beautiful mobile devices. At The Connected Traveler Technology Showcase at The New York Times Travel Show HP showed its elegant ENVY thin and light laptops with surfaces made of Gorilla Glass. Audio on these road-worthy ultrabooks is delivered via BEATS technology. http://www.hp.com
LearntravelandTourism.com demonstrated the new $8.95 e-Book version of its introduction to a career in the travel industry, which contains much of the material taught in an introductory college course. Academic versions are being use in colleges and universities around the world. http://learntravelandtourism.com
Travelers love to share what they see with friends back home. At The Connected Traveler Technology Showcase at The New York Times Travel Show, Looxcie showed their handsfree wear and share video cam that lets travelers stream live to friends anytimes from any location or share clips instantly to social networks. Bluetooth on the camera even lets them chat while they shoot.
SugarSync showed visitors to The Connected Traveler Technology Showcase at The New York Times Travel Show just how easy it is to keep their data and photos sync'd across all their devices. That makes working on the road so much easier. And even if a mobile phone is lost, its photos are intact in the Cloud thanks to the free SugarSync app. http://www.sugarsync.com
If you saw people spinning around with an iPad at The Connected Traveler Technology Showcase at The New York Times Travel Show, they were looking at dynamic 360 degree panoramic images of resorts, attractions and destinations using the free TourWrist iOS app. Great for travel marketers and travelers alike to take a virtual tour. http://www.tourwrist.com
ZAGG showed Bluetooth keyboards for mobile phones and tablets and protective covers for mobile devices at The Connected Traveler Technology Showcase at The New York Times Travel Show 2012 attended by more than 20,000 travelers and travel industry professionals. http://www.zagg.com
Travelers often lose things. At The Connected Traveler Technology Showcase at The New York Times Travel Show 2012, 2ReturnMe showed their system of tags and stickers with toll-free number and PIN that can be used by finders of lost items to connect to the item's owner securely. http://www.2returnme.com
There's no doubt that travelers are using technology more than ever - from on-board WiFi on cross-country flights to apps that offer tips about the latest restaurants and attractions in a new city. So when we learned that there had never been a tech pavilion at The New York Times Travel Show, we decided to launch The Connected Traveler Technology Showcase. We brought best of breed consumer electronics and tech companies right to the largest consumer travel show in the U.S. where and estimated more than 15,000 attendees including consumers, trade and media came to see destinations as well as the first pavilion at the show dedicated to showcasing technology for the traveler.
