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Circa is the evolution of images. 2.5 billion photos are uploaded to Facebook every month. Is meaningful photography getting lost in a mess of mundane portraits and filtered pictures of food? We can be more creative with our images! Circa restores emotion so you not only see photos, but so you feel the moment as if you were there!

With our patent-pending technology, you can paste images onto reality for other people to experience that moment as it truly occurred. We call this ghosting. A skateboarder can ghost a photo performing a trick. Architects can ghost future plans, so the public can witness their vision in context. Graffiti artists can digitally tag walls without destroying physical property. Anyone can ghost artwork, virtual signage, or even create their own augmented reality tour using photographs of days past. Ghost your favorite images using your iPad and iPhone.

Circa provides a new way to explore documentary 'on location' where history occurred. Everyone using the app will connect with history in an entirely new way. Historical photos can be viewed in context. Anyone with an iOS device will soon be able to witness and recall experiences first hand. Circa Mobile LLC is excited to be working with local Historical Societies in Los Angeles to return archived photos to their origin. Participating organizations include The Los Angeles Public Library, Redondo Beach Historical Museum, Hermosa Beach Historical Society, Manhattan Beach Historical Society, Redondo Beach ELKS, USC Digital Library and local photographer Robi Hutas. Using Circa App we will ghost over 300 historical photographs along the coast to be launched later this year.

Over the next month, we invite the public to donate to the project on Kickstarter so that we can bring the Circa App to the App Store in late 2012. Circa Mobile LLC has partnered with Regard Inc. to develop the Circa App Prototype using the Metaio Mobile SDK. We can currently ghost photos and view them in scale at any location. However, we need to refine the app to release it for millions of users. When readers fund the project on Kickstarter, they can be the first group to beta test the app on iOS Devices before we release it on the App Store later this year.

For more information, visit our website circaapp.com

Press packet including photos and video is available at circaapp.com/press

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  Web Quality Circa App Image Pack

  Collection of images designed to make integration into other websites quick and easy for bloggers and online reporters.

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  Official Circa App Logos

  Circa and Ghosting Logo. The ghosting logo will appear at participating locations where anyone can view a ghosted image with their iPhone or iPad. Image Credit: Circa App

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  Print Quality Demo Photos of the Circa App

  Photographs of the founder Mark Skarulis demonstrating the Circa App. Historical photos from the early 20th century are ghosted at the location they were originally taken. Historical photos provided by Redondo Beach ELKS. Photography Credit: Circa App

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  Circa App Kickstarter Video

  Video originally broadcasted on Kickstarter.com includes a description of "ghosting", an overview of the creative project in Los Angeles, and an introduction to the overall vision of the Circa App. Features brief interviews with the founders Mark Skarulis and Curtis Baumgartner and demos of the prototype in action. Video Credit: Circa App

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