The Ballet Font Project combines ballet with augmented reality. I assume they’ll have big screens showing the combined real time dance with the foot drawn fonts. The project is a rare cross breed between geekdom and high-end culture. Used watch batteries and infrared LEDs to create a 2D motion tracking system. We taped these little devices to [...]
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The object recognition portion of augmented reality is a little like that hand-held label printer that you got when you were a kid and then went crazy putting tags on everything in your room. Did you really need to put a tag on your table that said, “Table”? Nah. But it felt good doing it. [...]
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Addicted to Farmville? Have a green thumb but no garden? Envy real farmers but got allergies? The guys from TU Munich have the perfect solution for you: Augmented Farmville could be one heck of a layer for Layar/Junaio/Wikitude once better positioning is available. Think of the gold rush to get a virtual plot in major [...]
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I guess I feel compelled to post this app because of the World Cup. It’s a cute idea worth a few minutes of play time, but after that, I’m not sure what the appeal would be. Personally, I’m ready for the next phase of smartphone AR which requires more awareness of objects and the world. [...]
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Lavolta asked a number of CEOs the above question: Augmented Reality – Financially viable or gimmicky technology driven fad? If you’re a long time reader of Games Alfresco, I don’t suppose I’ll need to expound on my views. But I would like to hear what your thoughts are about the comments made by the various [...]
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We’re a long way from fooling the man on the street, but augmented reality may soon play trickery on your TV screens. This video montage combining scenes from movies like The Running Man and Wag the Dog; and bits of real-time AR from the last few years makes for a convincing argument about the future [...]
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I’ve been watching the news from E3 with keen interest. First off, I’m a gamer, if you can’t tell. But I’m also wildly curious how augmented reality will shape the future of gaming. Now I haven’t seen any games that strictly use AR, but the direction consoles are taking shows how AR is shaping them. [...]
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Now I can’t guarantee that it’s the first, but it’s a start. The Faces app comes from Pixelshed and is available in the AppStore right now. Make fun of your friends by putting new faces on their heads and share these images via email and Facebook. Point your iPhone towards your friend’s face and a magical [...]
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