The only thing more challenging than choosing which session and lab or lab to attend is how to find their location once you are onsite.    Searching for sessions and their physical location just got a lot easier thanks to a mobile application called Signpost 2007 developed by students at the Graz University of Technology.  The application of course was built on the Windows Mobile platform using Augmented Reality (AR) technology.  Signpost 2007 debuted at the Microsoft Embedded and Developer Conference in May and is being rolled out at TechEd in Orlando.  Watch the video of Signpost 2007 in action.

So what exactly does Signpost 2007 do? Attendees will be able to download the application onto their mobile phone from CommNet at www.msteched.com/signpost starting on June 4.   Once the application has been downloaded you will be able to search for sessions and pinpoint on the conference map their location.  Now this is where the power of the Augmented Reality technology comes in; once you select the session simply turn on the camera, point your mobile device to one of the dozens of markers throughout the building and instantly the application identifies your location on the map and provides you with the best route to get to your selected session.   

So don't forget to bring your Windows Mobile-powered device to TechEd and if you do you can always purchase one onsite from the Mobile Planet store.  Below is a list of the devices that this application runs on:

• Tornado Noble
  also known as: i-mate SP5, O2 XDA IQ, O2 XDA Orion, Vodafone VDA II, Vodafone v1240, Qtek 8310, Dopod 577W
• Palm Treo 700W
• MotorolaQ
• HTC Excalibur
  also known as: Orange SPV E600, T-Mobile MDA Mail, T-Mobile Dash, Dopod C720W, O2 XDA Cosmo, HTC S620
• HTC Wizard
  T-Mobile MDA Vario, T-Mobile MDA US, Dopod 838, Vodafone VPA Compact II, Cingular 8125, Cingular 8100, O2 XDA mini PRO, O2 XDA mini S, Qtek 9100, Orange SPV M3000, I-Mate K-JAM
• HTC Startrek
  also known as: Orange SPV F600, Cingular 3125, Qtek 8500, I-Mate Smartflip, Dopod 710 / StrTrk S300
• HTC Artemis
  also known as: Orange M650, O2 XDA Orbit, Dopod P800W, T-Mobile MDA Compact III, HTC P3300HTC Vox
  also known as: HTC S710, Orange SPV E650