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INSPIRE will host a new research project, "ARstudio: Creating Opportunities for Multimodal Layered Learning through Augmented Reality" that has won an Australian Learning and Teaching Council Innovation & Development grant ($224000). The project will be lead by the University of Canberra with partners from Australian National University and Macquarie University. The project explores the application of Augmented Reality to expand our concept of learning spaces, to create new dimensions in mobile learning and to increase connectedness of learners in multiple contexts.

The Smithsonian's National Postal Museum today launched a new augmented-reality experience that brings to life "Owney the Dog," mascot of the Railway Mail Service. The experience, offered via iPhone and Web applications, is the first multidimensional, augmented-reality experience triggered by a U.S. postage stamp.