At first we thought it'd be fun to joke about Danny MacAskill's new video being a trailer for a sequel to our Tabletop Speed game, but the more we watch it, the more believable something like this could be in our future. Dekko's goal is to turn your real world environment into an interactive 3D playground. As technology keeps advancing, it's easy to imagine that someday soon we'll see kids running highly ...]]>

At first we thought it'd be fun to joke about Danny MacAskill's new video being a trailer for a sequel to our Tabletop Speed game, but the more we watch it, the more believable something like this could be in our future. Dekko's goal is to turn your real world environment into an interactive 3D playground. As technology keeps advancing, it's easy to imagine that someday soon we'll see kids running highly rendered powerful AR gaming like this on their headsets or smart phones. For now though, it's fun to sit back and just watch

Rather than holding me back, the birth of my first son brought about a grounding emotion for me. If I wanted to be able to look my son in the eye and tell him to follow his dreams, I needed ...]]>
Happy Fathers Day! Recently, the Wall Street Journal ran a series of great guest posts from various dads in tech. The guest "mentors" included, Jack & Tim Dorsey, Tarun Wadhwa, and our own Matt Meisneks, who said "

Rather than holding me back, the birth of my first son brought about a grounding emotion for me. If I wanted to be able to look my son in the eye and tell him to follow his dreams, I needed to live by my words and follow my own. That realization pushed me and my wife to make the leap. With her amazing support we packed up and moved to San Francisco in October, 2008.

Read the rest of Matt's WSJ post here.

TableTop Speed hit the app store on Saturday and the reviews keep rolling in! It's great to see how many journalists not only get the potential of augmented reality and gaming, but also how Dekko's technology could be applied to many more real world aspects. Here are some of our favorites:

TechCrunch has some great things to say, along with some wisdom from Matt.

Robert Scoble's this hands on review of TableTop Speed has certainly been getting ...]]>

TableTop Speed hit the app store on Saturday and the reviews keep rolling in! It's great to see how many journalists not only get the potential of augmented reality and gaming, but also how Dekko's technology could be applied to many more real world aspects. Here are some of our favorites:

TechCrunch has some great things to say, along with some wisdom from Matt.

Robert Scoble's this hands on review of TableTop Speed has certainly been getting spread around too. “They have the best augmented reality technology I've seen so far” he says. Watch the video below:

Wired posted our video along with some weird stuff about the moon and cardboard. Not exactly sure what that means... but it's in Wired and we just think that's cool.

GigaOm refers to us as "Google Glass, minus the Glass" in this in depth article about the Dekko's real world OS.

And over on Varney's Place is a great story of Roku's Reward, an ahead of it's time game concept, and how it inspired the work we do here at Dekko. A great read for people interested in the history of augmented reality gaming.

Tabletop Speed, our brand new augmented reality racing game, is now available for iOS devices... and it's free! Setup your tabletop as your racetrack then compete to win. Play in real-time with your friends and see your cars race & crash into each other. Dekko has created an entirely new type of gameplay, for the first time combining the 3D real world and 3D interactive gaming. This is the future of gaming, available today for iPad 2 or newer or ...]]>

Tabletop Speed, our brand new augmented reality racing game, is now available for iOS devices... and it's free! Setup your tabletop as your racetrack then compete to win. Play in real-time with your friends and see your cars race & crash into each other. Dekko has created an entirely new type of gameplay, for the first time combining the 3D real world and 3D interactive gaming. This is the future of gaming, available today for iPad 2 or newer or iPhone 4S or newer on the Apple App Store. Get it now and let us know how you like it!

May 09, 2013- SAN FRANCISCO- Today, Dekko is announcing the launch of its real-world operating system that will serve as the visual layer for wearable computing devices. Additionally, Dekko is announcing that it's closed $3.2 million funding round to help launch its OS.

Dekko’s real-world OS will give developers a platform to build apps that merge mobile technology with the real world in unprecedented ways. Using ...]]> Dekko Secures $3.2 Million in Funding, Launches Visually Dynamic Real-World Operating System for Wearable Computing Generation

May 09, 2013- SAN FRANCISCO- Today, Dekko is announcing the launch of its real-world operating system that will serve as the visual layer for wearable computing devices. Additionally, Dekko is announcing that it's closed $3.2 million funding round to help launch its OS.

Dekko’s real-world OS will give developers a platform to build apps that merge mobile technology with the real world in unprecedented ways. Using mobile device cameras, Dekko builds digital grids over physical objects with 3D mapping. This technology allows mobile devices to interpret the real world and unleashes a whole new set of opportunities for mobile developers.

The OS represents a shift from mobile apps that operate inside the constraints of a mobile device to apps that run outside of the box. With Dekko, apps can reconstruct and track the environments around them in real-time, allowing for entirely new and visually stunning mobile experiences.

“It's clear that the next phase of mobile will revolve around wearable computing devices,” said Matt Miesnieks, CEO of Dekko. “In order for this trend to truly take off, it will need amazing visual experiences. Dekko will be the visual layer to create beautiful apps for wearable computing devices.”

Due to its mapping technology, Dekko’s real-world OS is unbound and independent of a physical printout or anchor to interact with mobile devices in real-time. This opens up the potential scale for the platform. While it can currently reconstruct and track an area the size of a table, eventually it will be able to interpret rooms, streets, and cities using 3D mapping.

The real-world OS has massive potential applications in mobile, from social networking and local search to gaming and tourism. The platform also allows for multiple-participant experiences for multiplayer gaming.

“Much like iOS marked the shift from feature phones to smartphones, Dekko’s goal is to be the OS for the wearable computing generation,” said Miesnieks. “Dekko will help usher in the next wave of mobile by providing developers with a stunning 3D visual layer for wearable devices.”

To build a real-world OS, Dekko has assembled leading specialists from the fields of augmented reality, optical tracking, 3D reconstruction and user experience design. The team’s background includes top experts from academic research, Xerox PARC, Twitter, Layar, Electronic Arts, and the New York Museum of Modern Art.

Dekko is currently in talks with the top three tier-one hardware manufacturers.

Those interested in working with or learning more about Dekko should contact partnerships@dekko.co or visit http://www.dekko.co/

About Dekko:
Dekko was founded in 2011 on the belief that society is entering a transition in how we experience our technology. Dekko is building a real-world operating system to let us see our content in the world, through a screen, not on a screen.