Augmenting reality using the GPS&Compass combo has become very popular in 2009, and has decent accuracy when used to augment distant big objects such as buildings. However, it won’t be terribly useful for augmenting specific floors within a building. Japanese Qosmo and Teradadesign Architects to the rescue. By covering the facade of Tokyo’s N Building [...]
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Thursday begins the Consumer Electronics Show 2010, the gadget-head show of the year. While the Nexus One has all the buzz going into the show and 3D TV will probably be the talk of it, readers of Games Alfresco will want to know what to expect from CES2010 for augmented reality. Overall, there’s not going [...]
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A special message from Presselite Co-founder Antoine Morcos: I take the liberty to contact you to let you know that our new application has been approved by Apple today, we are very proud to announce Nude It for the iPhone, now available on AppStore. Nude It app shows your friends naked! Nude It is a [...]
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The last week of 2009 was quite a slow one, and having Thomas K. Carpenter join Games Alfresco, diminishes my list of resources even further. Nevertheless, here are some AR related news-bits that we haven’t covered this week: Just before moving to Games Alfresco, Thomas had the most exquisite, well researched review of 2009 in [...]
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2010 is here (we are living in the future!) and it’s time to take a look at our survey published a month ago, asking for your predictions for the coming year. Well, the results speaks for themselves. 3 out of 4 responders, believe that the buzz will only grow around augmented reality in 2010 (though [...]
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