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Overlay Media was formed to enable the creation of next generation, mobile applications. These applications are context-aware; they are able to automatically determine qualities characterising their operating environment and can thus provide a richer mobile experience. One of the most important forms of context is location. Knowledge of a user's location opens up a vast expanse of possibilities for services, both from the perspective of the user and the application designer.

Overlay Media's flagship technology, moLocate, provides location information at a low cost. It sidesteps the drawbacks to traditional positioning technologies such as GPS or network based position lookups. In particular, moLocate is not power intensive, has zero time to fix, and works indoors and in urban canyons. The architecture also avoids expensive fees imposed by cellular network operators for network based position lookups by placing the positioning algorithms on the mobile phone. The result is a positioning service that allows for the creation of relevant, interactive content.

moLocate is one component of the Overlay Media software framework. Overlay Media can configure these components to create a bespoke solution that integrates numerous platform technologies. Overlay Media employs expertise from a number of members of the pervasive and mobile computing communities in Bristol, UK.

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