BigAR

Startup Name: TSCG

Category: Augmented Reality

Stage: Post Seed

Country: Portugal

Startup Website: http://mtgmanager.online/

About: BigAR delivers Augmented Reality for Big Data applications. Identifying a big amount of 2D images has a limit and as the number of images increase, recognition speed is lost and the user experience is really bad. There are some solutions identifying images through server-side services, that are expensive and only make sense when all images are online. As more companies adopt this kind of applications, BigAR will become a B2B commodity. Also, BigAR stands to develop several niche B2C businesses, that can showcase its technology and provide additional income streams. By identifying real 2D images easily and quickly with their mobile devices, organizations and consumers will be able to benefit from better Augmented Reality solutions. Starting with books, posters, collectables or any kind of printed material, BigAR integrates seamlessly with any Hadoop platform or other data formats you may have. The ability to identify images on books, business cards, posters or any kind of collectables can benefit directly both consumers and companies working in these areas, as well as in many other areas that rely on visual communication. Use Case B2C – MTG Manager (an app for Magic: The Gathering players and collectors) Most Magic: The Gathering players/collectors have thousands of playable cards, with their price varying several times a day. Tracking all cards is hard and these are available in 11 different languages, which makes reading the rules a cumbersome task. The MTG Manager app fully recognizes each card, appraises and translates it in less than 1 second.