As you might have noticed, I’ve been on hiatus from blogging for the last couple of weeks, but hopefully I’ll have more time on my hands from now on. I haven’t really kept track of what’s happening in the AR Sphere in the last week, so sorry if this linkfest seems a bit anemic (and [...]
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While the Apple iPad Tablet announcement last month was disappointing for augmented reality developers and enthusiasts, the details about the upcoming Dell Tablet will make you salivate. The Mini 5 will have a five inch touchscreen with both front and user facing cameras allowing full augmented reality capabilities. WiFi and 3G connectivity allow enough bandwidth and the 1.0 [...]
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Today’s augmented reality games are a fun affair, shoot a few aliens, blow up a few planes, or relax and put out a few fires all from the comfort of your own home. The only danger you face is banging your knee on a table as you turn around. But as technology gets more sophisticated [...]
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Last spring I worked with a friend of mine on a webcomic about augmented reality. The artistic quality wasn’t out of this world, but it was fun to do for a few months. Unfortunately, she had other obligations and couldn’t continue the series. But seeing the video below reminded me of a mini story arc [...]
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Sarah adjusted her new Oakley TrueVisions and slipped between the subway doors as they closed. They pinched her nose, but she knew she’d get used to them like she had her previous pair. Her ongoing chess game with Malcolm blinked, so she activated it and surveyed the board. He’d taken her pawn, but she knew it’d been [...]
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Yep, I was too busy this week to write posts, and the coming week doesn’t seem to be better. Luckily, there’s always the weekly linkfest, where I can point to news stories that I haven’t covered this week (some of those you might have seen if you are following me on twitter): Augmented Planet’s Lester [...]
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Last July TAT (“The Astonishing Tribe“) posted a concept video of their augmented social face-card system (okay, I made that term up, what else should we call it?). The video tickled the imagination with over 400,000 views. TAT has since teamed up with Polar Rose, a leading computer vision services company, to turn that concept [...]
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I hope you are ready, here’s another linkfest: Tish Shute talks with Brady Forest of Where 2.0 on commercial AR models, whether this is going to be the year of augmented reality and what were the breakthroughs of 2009 (and of course, ARWave) RealVision.ae calls for using augmented reality when coming to teach history. That’s [...]
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I don’t have anything intelligent to say about it, but I was compelled to post it. I’m a big Photosynth fanboy, and always believed it has great potential for augmented reality. On this talk from last Thursday at TED, We see that Microsoft has similar ideas in mind. I would expect more surprises coming from [...]
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