Never in the definition of mixed reality did I imagine that anyone would slap moving eyeballs onto a car so you could tell which way the driver was looking (or not, in this age of cellphones). Yet, here it is, in all its strange and thoroughly Japanese-way. In mother Japan, we don’t augment you into [...]
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Last year I asked a group of AR bloggers and the readers of Games Alfresco and Augmented Times to guess what 2010 holds for augmented reality. You can see them all here. A year has passed, and 2011 is just around the corner, it’s time to confront reality and check how prescient were we. Remember, [...]
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The year 2010 was marked by many important milestones and events for the nascent technology. Which one was more important? If I missed one that you thought was important, just add it to the comment section.
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In late June, the establishment of Qualcomm Augmented Reality Game Studio was announced, a partnership between Qualcomm and Georgia Tech’s Augmented Environments Lab, with the goal of “pioneering new advancements in mobile gaming and interactive media“. Six months later, the first crop of mobile based games is coming out of the studio, and this blogger [...]
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What is it about Franz Kafka’s masterpiece, The Metamorphosis, that bring so many to adapt it to new mediums? Last year it was adapted to virtual reality, and now a new free Android application inspired by the salesman turned insect story has been released. Meet Kafkara: It’s pretty basic right now, due to the fact [...]
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The last year the augmented reality movement has been accelerating at an ever increasing pace as new applications and companies are forming so fast it’s hard to keep up. The addition of the Kinect sensor has given the technology an even bigger power boost and now I can barely keep up with just the Kinect [...]
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AR door has teamed up with LG Electronics to create the Facebook 3D Movie Maker Contest. Through advanced features LG 3D Moviemaker is pushing the boundaries of reality. Trendsetting technologies bring the immersive 3D experience where instead of just watching scenes you can actually be part of them. The contest allows you to become the [...]
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