What's New

• New release of PlaceEngine Client Software including 64-bit versions of Windows XP/Vista/Windows 7 (2010年05月18日)
• New release of PlaceEngine Client Software including 64-bit versions of Windows XP/Vista/Windows 7 (2010年03月05日)
• New release of PlaceEngine Client Software for Windows XP/Vista/Windows 7 (2009年12月11日)
• New release of PlaceEngine Client Software for Windows XP/Vista/Windows 7 (2009年11月27日)
• PlaceEngine Client for Mac OS X Snow Leopard released (2009年11月16日)
• PlaceEngine Client released for Windows 7 (2009年10月27日)
• PlaceEngine coverage map released for Japan (2009年04月14日)
• A new beta version of the PlaceEngine Client for Windows that supports Hybrid Position Estimation released (2009年03月11日)
• Will preview PlaceEngine Client for Moblin on Intel's MID at CEATEC JAPAN 2008 (2008年09月30日)
• Will preview the "Location Amplifier for Tokyo Train": A Collaboration with Masayuki Akamatsu at Where2.0 (click for movies) (2008年05月12日)
• PSP entertainment map software "Nippon no Asoko de" released in Japan (2008年05月01日)
• PSP map software Minnano Chizu 3 released in Japan (2008年04月24日)
• GooStick for FireFox with PlaceEngine support released (2008年04月23日)
• Sony Mylo COM-2 supports PlaceEngine (2008年02月19日)

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About the Public Launch of the PlaceEngine Beta Service:

At Sony Computer Science Laboratories, as part of our on going research efforts in real world user interfaces, we have publicly launched our PlaceEngine Beta Service that uses Wi-Fi to estimate the current location of devices and users. We hope to show its potential and to further explore its possibilities via this site.

PlaceEngine's service area is mainly concentrated in the Tokyo metropolitan area, and the more populated and commercialized areas of major cities throughout Japan. However, our coverage area can grow as users register locations and our technology is not limited to Japan. We are certain that PlaceEngine will open many new doors to further the horizon for location aware services. If you have any feedback or questions regarding our beta service, please feel free to contact us. We value any feedback received to further improve our service.

Notice to Web Service Providers and the Research Community:

If you are interested in livening up the location information service community by using PlaceEngine, please take a look at our PlaceEngine API page. Your web service or application can easily be modified to be location aware and triggered to easily hone in on services based on current location. We are looking forward to the opportunity of collaborating with you to create new services and applications that unite the REAL and VIRTUAL worlds.