Comments on: ISMAR 2009 Epilogue: A New Augmented Reality World Order

By: ISMAR09 is Over – NyttigDesign.com

ISMAR09 is Over – NyttigDesign.com — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:17:50 +0000

[...] Onibar over at Games Alfresco has done an interesting summary of 10 tidbits that came out of the symposium that might reshape the augumented reality [...]

By: ISMAR 2009 | OOOii [OPEN INTERFACE]

ISMAR 2009 | OOOii [OPEN INTERFACE] — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:26:16 +0000

[...] The presentation was well received by many leading members of the community and was listed as a highlight of the conference at GamesAlfresco.com [...]

By: Your Augmented Future: Three Hottest Videos From International AR Symposium | Social Nibble

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:23:06 +0000

[...] nuts. As Ori Inbar wrote about the Sketch AR team in an overview of ISMAR, “Their work is revolutionizing the AR world by avoiding the need to print markers – or [...]

By: Your Augmented Future: Three Hottest Videos From International AR Symposium :: MR PC EASY

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:12:21 +0000

[...] nuts. As Ori Inbar wrote about the Sketch AR team in an overview of ISMAR, “Their work is revolutionizing the AR world by avoiding the need to print markers – or [...]

By: ISMAR wrapup and bright AR Future | augmented.org

ISMAR wrapup and bright AR Future | augmented.org — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:43:34 +0000

[...] Ori’s epilogue to ISMAR 2009, putting together a top ten impressions list [...]

By: ISMAR 2009: An Augmented Reality “Top Chef” Coopetition | UgoTrade

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:16:03 +0000

[...] anything anyone says about AR standards at the moment will hold up. But as Ori commented in his great post – an epilogue for ISMAR 2009 the vibe was “Peace and Love” in AR Browser land (although Chetan Damani of Across Air [...]

By: Weekly Linkfest – ISMAR Edition « Games Alfresco

Weekly Linkfest – ISMAR Edition « Games Alfresco — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:01:12 +0000

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By: Alistair

Alistair — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:03:28 +0000

Thanks for the Eyeply mention. We had a great time sharing with and learning from the global augmented reality community. We saw some awesome stuff in the demo areas. Did anyone document all of that work? It was amazing playing games that you’ve only seen movies about.

BTW, any chance the Eyeply link could point to http://www.eyeply.com :) Currently it points to another overview of what was shown at ISMAR.

By: Darkflame

Darkflame — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 07:12:42 +0000

I’m so sad
I couldn’t make it. Looks like there was lots of great stuff.
Its really pleasing, once again, that everyone wants a standard. It seems we have learnt a few lessons from the internet. I still fully back Wave as a good solution from a technical standpoint, but any that the group comes up with that gives similar functionality (and isnt tied to a single sever controlled by one company) is good by me.

AR Sketch seems like it could grow into something very powerfull.
I can just picture in 15 years teachers, students and researchers communicating ideas by sketching on paper and whiteboards, and everyone else seeing the sketchs come to life with true physics simulations.

I’m still disappointed Vuzix backed down with their plans to release a optical transparent HMD, but equaly curious about devices they have/will released. I cant find =any= AR-based reviews on their stuff. its all movie-watching.

By: ISMAR attendee

ISMAR attendee — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 01:44:15 +0000

Interesting summary, bizarre in some ways, but at least you wear your bias on your sleeve. ;)

One comment: the only reason the questions to Pattie were so tame is that most of the people who work in the area were dumbstruck about how someone so famous, at such a good institute, and surrounded by so many other smart folks could do such glaringly bad work (and, in turn, why she was invited to present it).

It’s one thing to mock up fancy demos aimed to inspire (at TED); it’s another to present it as research. You should have reported the answers she gave to those questions: that it doesn’t work (was mostly mocked up), it’s not been evaluated or even tested besides “demo days”, and that she seemed completely unaware of the vast amount of prior (and in many cases better) work. For example, she presented her “remote collaboration” as revolutionary, but folks in Japan have been doing this (and evaluating it and publishing it) for years.

But, overall, ISMAR seemed fun, if fairly disorganized.